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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Figurative Language

Is the the phrase 'her face was bright with rouge' a metaphor?
  

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No. Her face really was bright; it was bright because she had rouged it. There is no metaphor there.

— Fivejedjon

  • No.
  • Her face really was bright; it was bright because she had rouged it.
  • There is no metaphor there.
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No. Her face really was bright; it was bright because she had rouged it. There is no metaphor there.
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No. You need something more like "Her cheeks were persimmons".

To create a metaphor you must be sure that speaker meaning differs from word meaning.

CJ
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