Metaphors assert that objects in a comparison are identical on the point of comparison.
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(Metaphors are usually compared with similes.)
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A simile, however, just asserts similarity using “like” or “as.”
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For 6 more comparisons in the
metaphor category¹,
use the DOOR.
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- Allegory: An extended metaphor wherein a story illustrates an important attribute of the subject.
- Antithesis: A rhetorical contrast of ideas by means of parallel arrangements of words, clauses, or sentences.[14]
- Hyperbole: Excessive exaggeration to illustrate a point.[15]
- Metonymy: A figure of speech using the name of one thing in reference to a different thing to which the first is associated. In the phrase “lands belonging to the crown”, the word “crown” is metonymy for ruler or monarch.[16]
- Parable: An extended metaphor told as an anecdote to illustrate or teach a moral or spiritual lesson, such as in Aesop’s fables or Jesus’ teaching method as told in the Bible.
- Pun: A verbal device by which multiple definitions of a word or its homophones are used to give a sentence multiple valid readings, typically to humorous effect.
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¹ Adapted from Wikipedia.
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