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Imagery & Figurative Language
Metaphor
Metaphor
The term metaphor has two meanings, a
broad, more general meaning and a concise,
specific meaning.
My brother is a prince.
Razorback Stadium was a slaughterhouse.
More metaphors
Richard was a lion in the fight.
Her eyes are dark emeralds. Her teeth are pearls.
an Implied Metaphor
What is implied here about the speaker’s love?
And here, what is implied about the city and the subway?
• The subway coursed through the arteries of the city.
Extended Metaphor
This kind of metaphor may run through an entire work. In
George Orwell’s Animal Farm, for example, the farm is
compared to a nation, with different possible forms of
goverance. This comparison extends throughout the novel.
military intelligence
Hyperbole
bzzzz or cock-a-doodle-doo.