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Guest Posted 22 years ago
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I have to write a paper for a math class that is based upon the use of a metaphor to show my growth in knowledge as a result of my enrollment in the class. I was thinking about using the phrase "From crayons to perfume." My idea is to begin the paper with the following sentence:
My growth that has occurred as a result of this class is like going from crayons to perfume.
Is this proper use of a metaphor??? If not, could you please make suggestions?
My growth that has occurred as a result of this class is like going from crayons to perfume.
Is this proper use of a metaphor??? If not, could you please make suggestions?
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Hello Guest 'Like going from crayons to perfume' would be a simile, unfortunately, not a metaphor. It would be a very strange simile, moreover, as it's difficult to imagine a process that involved crayons at one end, and perfume at the other; unless you were thinking of 'crayons' = 'child at nursery school' and 'perfume' = 'sophisticated adolescent female'. However, that doesn't mean you couldn't use the phrase.
- Hello Guest 'Like going from crayons to perfume' would be a simile, unfortunately, not a metaphor.
- It would be a very strange simile, moreover, as it's difficult to imagine a process that involved crayons at one end, and perfume at the other; unless you were thinking of 'crayons' = 'child at nursery school' and 'perfume' = 'sophisticated adolescent female'.
- However, that doesn't mean you couldn't use the phrase.
- You could for example: 1.
- Give your opening sentence as above.
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Hello Guest
'Like going from crayons to perfume' would be a simile, unfortunately, not a metaphor.
It would be a very strange simile, moreover, as it's difficult to imagine a process that involved crayons at one end, and perfume at the other; unless you were thinking of 'crayons' = 'child at nursery school' and 'perfume' = 'sophisticated adolescent female'.
However,
'Like going from crayons to perfume' would be a simile, unfortunately, not a metaphor.
It would be a very strange simile, moreover, as it's difficult to imagine a process that involved crayons at one end, and perfume at the other; unless you were thinking of 'crayons' = 'child at nursery school' and 'perfume' = 'sophisticated adolescent female'.
However,
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