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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago

metaphor

"but his head was the size of a hot-air balloon"
Is this a metaphor?????????????????????????????
  

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Anonymous Is this a metaphor? No, but this is: His head was a hot-air balloon.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous Is this a metaphor?
  • No, but this is: His head was a hot-air balloon.
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AnonymousIs this a metaphor?
No, but this is: His head was a hot-air balloon.
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I am asking if this a metaphor?
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AnonymousI am asking if this a metaphor?
And I answered you:

No, but this is: His head was a hot-air balloon.
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what kind of poetic device is used here ?
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Anonymoushis head was the size of a hot-air balloon
This is hyperbole.
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Hi

I once worked at a place where the manager put up a safety notice asking for the head sizes and shoe sizes of the staff

Someone wrote against the manager's name: Head size - extra large

Strictly speaking, I'd say that is bathos

Dave
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