2007-03-25 06:34:12 · 4 answers · asked by winslow 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
You can consider this an idiom (an expression that is not to be taken litterally), or personification (when an object is given a characteristic of a person).
It is NOT a metaphor. In order for it to be a metaphor, you would need to compare to objects. There is nothing being compared here.
2007-03-25 07:15:10 · answer #1 · answered by queenrakle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a metaphor (a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity). It does not literally denote the snapping of a whip, but it is derived from it. Of course, most people nowadays do not visualize a whip when they hear the expression "her eyes snapped", so it is classified as a "dead metaphor."
2007-03-25 06:46:41 · answer #2 · answered by RE 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is a conceit. Conceit is an extended metaphor, associated with metaphysical poetry, designed to push the limits of the imagination in order to portray something indescribable.
2007-03-25 06:43:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A simile or other type of figurative language.
2007-03-25 06:41:45 · answer #4 · answered by Dana Katherine 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋