Can you give me an example of a metaphor?
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A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase denoting one kind of object or action is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them\n\nExamples: Drowning in money\na volley of oaths\nThe ship plows the seas\n\nA metaphor is an implied comparison in contrast to the explicit comparison of the simile\nmetaphor - a marble brow\nsimile - a brow as white as marble
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First look at the tone of the poem. Then look for the nouns in the poem, and what they could represent metaphorically. Then see if they're connected. I don't know this poem, but say, for example, maybe falling snow (noun) is a metaphor for the author's declining health. Maybe the cold (another noun) is similar metaphorically. There's your theme.
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A metaphor is an analogy or comparison.  "Your eyes are sapphires" is a metaphor, because eyes are compared to sapphire jewels.\n\nThere is a kind of metaphor called a "simile."  The difference is that for a simile, we say something "is like" another rather than being the same as another.\n\n"Your eyes are LIKE sapphires" is, properly, a simile rather than a metaphor.\n\nSimiles and metaphors are TECHNIQUES of the art of RHETORIC as developed in ancient Greece.
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Give me a better example and I may be able to help.:)
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Greetings,\n\nThe Bible is both literal and metaphorical. There is not always a clear line between the two. God uses a literary devise that no other author can use. I call it the "literal metaphore". \n\nFor example the story of Abraham and Isaac is both a literal story, and a figurative one. That is to say that it is a picture of the sacrifice of Christ, while at the same time is a true story.\n\nThe same is true of story of Jonah. His three days in the belly was a metaphore of the death and ressurection of Christ.\n\nThere are a number of places where the language seems strictly metaphorical, but it is probably rather a simplification. That is to say for instance John in Revelations did not understand all that he saw. His discriptions were no doubt literal to him, and he described them in the simplest terms he could relate to others with. \n\nGod Bless,\n\nRobert
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avoid cliches.\nSHOW what you're feeling, dont TELL what you're feeling.\n\nfor example:\ntelling - the doorbell rang, and i was afraid to answer the door.\nshowing - the doorbell rang, and my muscles locked up. i didn't want to find out who was on the other side of the door.
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Words don't have to be big or long or anything to be unique and descriptive. Just try elaborative sentences like "horses' mains are delicate shreds of gloss" or something like that.
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its all metaphors. Jesus used metaphors so dont look for literal meanings
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The best examples are probably in the "too too solid flesh" soliloquy.  There the distinction between earthly things and heavenly things, and the distinction between King Hamlet and Claudius.  Also, when Prince Hamlet is addressing Yorick's skull, he draws comparisons between living and dying
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I would say hyperbole - an incredible exaggeration.  We all know he didn't REALLY hold his tongue.  \n\nI don't think it's a metaphor because they show comparisons -- this isn't comparing that with anything.  It's really just kind of an idiom.
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Descriptive - my favorite vacation spot; my dream vacation spot; where I go to reflect/meditate/pray...; my teenaged brother's bedroom; my favorite season; a 7 -11 from a space alien's point of view (I always like the cars "mating" with the gas pump!)\nNarrative - This is how I finally got to meed God and what happened when we spoke; As I slowly opened up my eyes, I saw a filmy presence right in front of my face!; I mixed up a "magic potion" from Kool-Aid and other stuff from my kitchen.  My little brother drank it, and you'll never believe what happened.
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Correct! Although the case you mention is a simile, metaphors can be more elaborate and include 'like', such as -- comparing life to something else.
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The metaphor which are used to represent death are fairly easy to pick out.  However, because I had to do the work to learn this so I could pass it on to you, I will give you some hints only.\n\nThe assignable portion signed away\nStillness with storms     \nBlue--uncertain stumbling Buzz  \nWindows that fail \n\nTake a look at these and see how these relate to your question.  I think you will find it helpful.\n\nTake care
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Reminds me of the zen saying about a finger pointing at the moon:\n\n"All instruction is but a finger pointing to the moon;\n and those whose gaze is fixed upon the pointer will \nnever see beyond." \n\nor another metaphor is the Simile of the Raft: \n\n" Similarly, the teachings should not be seen as ends in themselves but as a means to an end. The Buddha likens the Dhamma to a raft: 'I shall show you how the Dhamma is similar to a raft, being for the purpose of crossing over, not for the purpose of grasping'.\n\nHe describes a situation where someone needs to cross 'a great expanse' of water but there is no bridge or ferryboat to get across. So, he decides to build himself a raft and in this way gets to the 'further shore'. He might then say to himself that because this raft has been so helpful to him he should carry it on his head wherever he goes. Or he might decide to put it back into the water and let it go.\n\nThe Buddha points out that it would be foolish for the man to carry the raft around with him - it has served its purpose and is no longer necessary.\n\nIn this simile, the expanse of water is samsara, the circle of birth and death, the place of dukkha or suffering. The raft is the Buddha's teaching and the 'further shore' is Nibbana or Nirvana.\n\nIn short, by using these two similes, the Buddha asks us to orient ourselves appropriately to his teachings. Through them he offers us a vehicle which will bring an end to suffering. What we musn't do is use them in the wrong way...as a means, for example, of scoring intellectual or moral points over others."
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Here's a good site with loads of idiomatic expressions:\nhttp://www.learn-english-today.com/idioms/idioms_proverbs.html
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1. It has ten beats in each line, so it's a sestet.\n2. Metaphor\n3. (unknown)\n4. C\n5. (unknown)\n6. (unknown)\n\nSorry that I didn't know all of the answers =(
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C.personification. A simile compares, like "as big as a whale" A metaphor would be a reference, like " That's a nice dish" when referring to a girl and not an actual dish. A hyperbole is an exaggeration like,"I could eat a horse"