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This Or That: Simile vs. Metaphor
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13 Essential Literary Terms
Aristotle wrote that mastery over the art of metaphor is a sign of genius. It also lifts our storytelling to new heights, as do all of these literary devices.
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André Kostolany, the 20th Century stock market whiz, had a great metaphor for the markets that dog owners might appreciate.
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It was about persevering in the face of hardship, with contrasting harmonies and melodies acting as metaphors for life and death.
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In April 2014, President Xi Jinping used tea and beer as metaphors to underscore friendship with Belgium, during a visit to that country.
THE RISE OF CHINA’S TEA DIPLOMACYPALLABI MUNSISEPTEMBER 9, 2020OZY
I just think it happened to come along at exactly the moment that people were interested in that metaphor and exploring it.
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But, Begley says, it may be time to trade in the hard-wired metaphor for a less misleading one.
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Your correspondent Erica gives us some quotations and epitaphs, in which the metaphor of an Inn is applied both to life and death.
NOTES AND QUERIES, NUMBER 177, MARCH 19, 1853VARIOUS
"To say that the brute has awakened in a man is not a mere metaphor always," he went on presently.
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The musician not showing any visible appreciation of the managers metaphor, Perkins immediately proceeded to uncock his eye.
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By a noble metaphor, says Milman, the day of their death was considered that of their birth to immortality.
THE CATACOMBS OF ROMEWILLIAM HENRY WITHROW
To carry out your metaphor of the tree, the graft cut from the parent stock must bear fruit for itself.
ALONEMARION HARLAND

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