it would be nice, if you be specific.
2006-10-02 15:41:10 · 4 answers · asked by jerry 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Implied metaphor: A less direct metaphor.
example:
John swelled and ruffled his plumage (versus John was a peacock)
2006-10-02 15:44:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 10⤊ 2⤋
Implied Metaphor
2016-09-30 07:00:20 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An implied metaphor is when something is subtly compared to another thing.
" For example, to describe a stubborn man unwilling to leave, one could say that he was "a mule standing his ground." This is a fairly explicit metaphor; the man is being compared to a mule. But to say that the man "brayed his refusal to leave" is to create an implied metaphor, because the subject (the man) is never overtly identified as a mule. Braying is associated with the mule, a notoriously stubborn creature, and so the comparison between the stubborn man and the mule is sustained. Implied metaphors can slip by inattentive readers who are not sensitive to such carefully chosen, highly concentrated language. "
2006-10-02 15:50:02 · answer #3 · answered by Mocoloco 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For example, to describe a stubborn man unwilling to leave, one could say that he was "a mule standing his ground." This is a fairly explicit metaphor; the man is being compared to a mule. But to say that the man "brayed his refusal to leave" is to create an implied metaphor, because the subject (the man) is never overtly identified as a mule. Braying is associated with the mule, a notoriously stubborn creature, and so the comparison between the stubborn man and the mule is sustained...Implied metaphors can slip by inattentive readers who are not sensitive to such carefully chosen, highly concentrated language...
2006-10-02 15:47:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
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No there are no metaphors. A metaphor is like a simile without like or as. He is like a bulldog when he plays football- Simile He IS a bulldog when he plays football- metaphor
2016-03-27 04:55:31 · answer #5 · answered by Jane 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An implied metaphor is a comparison of two things (esspecially when they have nothing to do with one another) without the use of like or as. If I were to say "All of life is but a stage." I would be making a metaphor that compares life to a stage. The key word is "IS." By calling life a stage, i compared them.
Review: You know it's a metaphor when you see
The word is
Two unlike things
Something being called what it is not.
Hope it helps
2006-10-02 15:48:19 · answer #6 · answered by Ha Ha! 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋