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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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metaphores

"my clothes reeking of death"

i dont know what this is, is it a metaphore? or is it personification, i really need help!
  

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The word is spelled "metaphor". The expression seems quite literal to me. It's just like "my breath reeking of onions".

— Enoon

  • The word is spelled "metaphor".
  • The expression seems quite literal to me.
  • It's just like "my breath reeking of onions".
  • EDIT: If you twisted my arm, I'd say "metonymy".
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The word is spelled "metaphor". The expression seems quite literal to me. It's just like "my breath reeking of onions".

EDIT: If you twisted my arm, I'd say "metonymy".
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Anonymousis it a metaphor?
Not if your clothes smell like corpses. In that case you are just using 'death' to mean 'corpses', i.e., dead people, so there is very little that can be considered a figure of speech (a non-literal use of words) here.

CJ
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