2006-09-09 13:05:41 · 8 answers · asked by redneckgirl 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
a metaphor is like a simile, but you do not use "like" or "as" as the connection.
a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”
2006-09-09 13:13:28 · answer #1 · answered by iuliasuavis22 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A metaphor, according to I. A. Richards in The Philosophy of Rhetoric (1936), consists of two parts: the tenor and vehicle. The tenor is the subject to which attributes are ascribed. The vehicle is the subject from which the attributes are borrowed.
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players
They have their exits and their entrances; — (William Shakespeare, As You Like It, 2/7)
This well known quote is a good example of a metaphor. In this example, "the world" is compared to a stage, the aim being to describe the world by taking well-known attributes from the stage. In this case, the world is the tenor and the stage is the vehicle. "Men and women" are a secondary tenor and "players" is the vehicle for this secondary tenor.
2006-09-09 20:13:12 · answer #2 · answered by marylandlaw_mdlawyer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A metaphor (from the Greek: metapherin) is a rhetorical trope defined as a direct comparison between two or more seemingly unrelated subjects.
Example: "He stepped up to the plate and grabbed the bull by the horns,"
2006-09-09 20:16:32 · answer #3 · answered by Cheeky_Chunky_monky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A simile is saying something is like something else. A metaphor is saying something is something else. (A simile states that A is like B, a metaphor states that A is B or substitutes B for A.)
Eg. Simile: Smooth as a babies bottom
Metaphor: The ocean is a roaring lion.
2006-09-09 20:16:40 · answer #4 · answered by flower 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't panic. A metaphor is just making a comparison, such as "I am a grizzly bear when I get out of bed." (I'm definitely not a morning person.)
Merriam-Webster definition: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
2006-09-09 20:15:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Metaphors are the the spice of literature, used to make an otherwise dull piece of prose interesting.
2006-09-09 20:12:46 · answer #6 · answered by Pascal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the woman was a tiger
Comparing two things without using like or as.
2006-09-09 20:14:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The man was a loin
2006-09-09 20:13:33 · answer #8 · answered by dylanklassen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋