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    Metaphors In Sinners

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    written by Jonathan Edwards‚ many metaphors were used. Those metaphors were used to install fear in the non-converted sinners. “His anger is as great towards them as to those that are actually suffering the executions of fierceness of his wrath in hell‚”. This metaphor is used to show that God’s anger towards an individual is as bad as being burned in hell for all eternity. The audience for this metaphor is referring to the sinners and the non-believers. The metaphor is used in this context to show

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    Organizational Metaphors

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    Organizational Metaphors Maria F. Shoemaker South University April 19‚ 2012 Organizational Metaphors The two metaphors that I am about to describe to you are machines and organisms. I am also going to note what each metaphor suggests about how humans and their behavior are perceived in the organization. I will also let you know the similarities and differences in the two metaphors. Also conclude on how the ability to switch between metaphors might enhance effective leadership and organizational

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    Teacher Metaphor

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    Reflections: Identifying your teaching metaphor I am a heart and my students are the blood that flows through me. As they pass knowledge is pushed through them. I am a fisherfolk and my students are the fish. I try to nourish them by providing bait of different types if they accept it knowledge is obtained. These are just some the metaphors my colleagues’ used to describe themselves in the classroom. Our assignment today was to best describe a metaphor that describes us a teacher. We also identified

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    Metaphors In Teaching

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    creating a more vivid picture for an audience. Some forms of comparing commonly used by writers include similes and metaphors. A simile can be used to express a similarity between two words or phrases using the words like or as. Metaphors‚ on the other hand‚ work by contrast. A metaphor uses one thing described as though it were another in order to portray a vivid picture. Using metaphors and similes can help the reader gain a clear picture of the five senses - sight‚ smell‚ touch‚ taste‚ sound - while

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    Isabel Metaphors

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    freedom is a metaphor for America’s pursuit of freedom. The first time Isabel had thoughts of freedom is on page 51. “It wasn’t right for one body to own another or pull strings to make them jump.” Isabel realized that it wasn’t right for someone to own another human being. This is metaphoric to the colonists‚ who realized that the taxes that Britain was forcing on them weren’t right. They began having thoughts of wanting to be free from the British. Another place where the metaphor of Isabel’s pursuit

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    Transformer Metaphor

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    For many decades‚ the US military has‚ engaged with Hollywood’s movies by giving permission to their production crews to use their military machines and techniques. Black Hawk Down was about the US military‚ Top Gun was about the Navy‚ and Iron Man was about the Air Force (McMillen). These kinds of movies are regarded as joint-military force movies‚ and one of the largest joint-military movies is Transformers‚ which was released in 2007. The third series was recently released‚ which is now being

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    Caesar Metaphor

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    Katie Bradley and Laraib Zahid 11/25/13 Ms. Avila 10H Julius Caesar In William Shakespeare’s play‚ Julius Caesar‚ figurative language (metaphor) is used to show Caesar’s dominant and powerful character and how weak and naive the Roman citizens are. During Act I‚ Scene III‚ Cassius is talking to Casca about the current state of Rome and how Caesar views the citizens. He says‚ “And why should Caesar be a tyrant‚ then? Poor man‚ I know he would not be a wolf but that he sees Romans are

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    Mother Metaphor

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    Mothers are involved in their child’s life and the child is completely dependent on their mother. This is the figure that I have become‚ although I am one of many surrogate mothers who these toddlers rely on. I have to feed infants and coax them into accepting the oatmeal that I offer. It is

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    Machine Metaphor

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    executives are moving forward in a beneficial direction. Burger Barn executives are moving in a direction that will increase efficiency and potentially increase both productivity and profit. Although their organizational approach can be seen as a “Machine Metaphor” (Miller‚ 2011)‚ in an Ice cream shop‚ such classical approach can be beneficial. The idea of having multiple stations to reduce the time the customer is waiting to finalize their purchase reaps good benefits. Therefore their positive optimism with

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    Metaphor Tok

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    Alamine Jamai TOK-Metaphors 7/01/11 11th grade 1. To what extent does language generalize individual experience‚ classifying it within the experience of a linguistic group? Did it ever happen to you to be chilling with all your friends‚ suddenly an anecdote comes to mind; you finding it related to the subject

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