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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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METAPHOR
I need to know some examples of metaphors. I understand what a simile is but not a metaphor. 
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Suppose I said, Larry is a bag of dirt for doing something like that. I'm using a metaphor. Larry is a person, not a bag of dirt.
- Suppose I said, Larry is a bag of dirt for doing something like that.
- I'm using a metaphor.
- Larry is a person, not a bag of dirt.
- But the speaker means to say that Larry is a really disgusting person for doing what he did.
- ) Word meaning: A bag that is filled with dirt.
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Suppose I said,
Larry is a bag of dirt for doing something like that.
I'm using a metaphor. Larry is a person, not a bag of dirt. But the speaker means to say that Larry is a really disgusting person for doing what he did. (We think of dirt as disgusting, so we make that connection.)
Word meaning: A bag that is filled with dirt.
Speaker meaning: A really
Larry is a bag of dirt for doing something like that.
I'm using a metaphor. Larry is a person, not a bag of dirt. But the speaker means to say that Larry is a really disgusting person for doing what he did. (We think of dirt as disgusting, so we make that connection.)
Word meaning: A bag that is filled with dirt.
Speaker meaning: A really
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