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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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[help]So stuck with the METAPHORS...

1font00Hey 00guys00, I'm kind of stuck on this assignment where you have to find a metaphor in a whole 3 paged short story.05005102font02br
01font00I've narrowed down the search to some sentences but please help me tell apart which sentence is actually a metaphor, or if none of them are! thanks!02br
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01font01b01u001. The dark clouds that night raced across the sky.02br
01font002. The wind whined and moaned through the cracks in the cabin.02font02br
003. A flash of light cast the shadow of a raven upon the wall.02br
01font004. The rain beat against the window and seeped under the sill.02font02br
005. The crying of the wind increased.02br
01font006. I leapt to the door and peered outside just as lightning filled the sky.02font02br
007. It revealed an overturned boat and a man being tossed out to sea.02u02b02font010id311id2
  

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e. 02br 02br 003 only contains a metaphor if the raven is unreal. 02br 02br 007 is a doubtful case.

— MrPedantic

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  • 02br 02br 003 only contains a metaphor if the raven is unreal.
  • 02br 02br 007 is a doubtful case.
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0Hello Anon02br
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001, 2, 4, 5 and 6 contain "dead" metaphors (i.e. phrases which incorporate metaphors that are so familiar that no one thinks of them as metaphors any more).02br
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003 only contains a metaphor if the raven is unreal. 02br
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007 is a doubtful case. "Tossed" may be a dead metaphor; or it may be literal.02br
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0Yes, I concur with MrPeDantic.02br
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00All of them contains metaphors except 3 and 7. If there are larger context given on 3 and 7, then it's easier to decide whether they do or not.0-
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