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Sircie
is
:m overt
comparison
and
I:aetaphor
is
a
oovert
comparison.
Tnis
means
that
a metaphor
can
be traJilSfi::rrcxl
hto
sirrtile
by
adding
that
indicate
the
/
Simile
is
a."l.
imaginative
compar..son signaled
by
sone
specific
words.
for
exarnple, ''My
love is like a
implied
comparison
of a
metar;hor,
a
sin"!ile says
outright
something
is
something
G'1ttp://1olViwJausd.kl2.ca.us/
Kenne:iv HS/sta:ff/ga.rcia/Terms[f et'ITI_s.html).
"-· '·-"·'"· Metapl.mr
M(ota]phiJr
is
an
implied
compariso:1 that
brn11gs
together two
dissimilar objects,
persons, or
ideas. Unlike a simile wn1cn uses the words
'like'
or
'as',
a metaphor
identifies
an
unknovm
or difficult
subject
another
JS
easier
to
understand.
Maureen Littlej1ohn's
"You
Are
a
Contract Painkiller," for
example,
author
uses
t,l-te
il:nage
a
contract
to
describe
medication ASA
(http://vvv>'\V.
oearsoned.ca!text!flac!:rnann/gloss
iframe.htlrJ).
The
'met.aphor' comes
from
Gnk
v;lhich
means
transference
of
the
one
thing to
arrot.her. Metap':!.or
is
an
il:nplied
analogy
which
imaginatively
identifies
one
obJect with another
ob:ect
and ascribes
to tl1e first
one
or more
qualities
the se<;ond, or
invests the first
emotional
or
imaginative
qusii1:ies of the seoond.
Accordmg to
critic, Blackrnur all
metaphors are
made up
of two
parts:
a
tenor,
which
is
idea
being expressed
or tha subject
of
the comparison, and
a
vehicle,
\'l'hich
is the
il:nage
by whieh
the
idea
is
conveyed
or
subject
is
communicated
(http://·wv.'w.ksu.edu/englisb/nel.p/rowling/paper.html).
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