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What is the Metaphor?<\/h1>\nWhat is the Metaphor?<\/h1>\nThe metaphor is the use of pictorial or imaginative language. The metaphor implies that one thing is like another in some aspect. The metaphor is “suggested” or “implied” comparison of one thing to another. The comparison is not stated directly. The words “like” or “as” are not used. If “like” or “as” is used, then the device becomes a simile.<\/p>\n
Examples:<\/p>\n
The boy was as fast an eagle in the race. (simile)<\/p>\n
The boy was an eagle in the race. (metaphor)<\/p>\n
The man moved like a worm through the crowd. (simile)<\/p>\n
The man wormed his way through the crowd. (metaphor)<\/p>\n
The ship moved like a plough through the choppy sea. (simile)<\/p>\n
The ship ploughed its water through the choppy sea. (metaphor)<\/p>\n
The metaphor takes a word out of its literal meaning and give it a figurative meaning. Example, we know that a “plough” is a farm equipment. However, when I say “the ship ploughed its way through the choppy sea”, I am taking the word “plough” out of its literal meaning and giving it a figurative meaning.<\/p>\n
Here are some more examples of metaphors taken from “Working With English” by Rennie and Anderson.<\/p>\n
The father’s criticism is being compared to a bee with a sting.<\/p>\n
The wind is being compared to a kitchen utensil that “whips” up ingredients and the size of the waves are being compared to the size of mountains.<\/p>\n
The sedan is being compared to a key that unlocks something.<\/p>\n
The action of the police is being compared to the action of a comb on the head.<\/p>\n
Guess?<\/p>\n
Snow is being compared to sugar.<\/p>\n