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Understanding Metaphors: Figurative Language in Writing

Discover the art of metaphor in writing and how it helps convey deeper meanings and comparisons. Explore examples and learn how to effectively use metaphors in your own writing to enhance storytelling and imagery.

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Understanding Metaphors: Figurative Language in Writing

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  1. Poetic Devices Metaphor

  2. The content First Page: What is a Metaphor? Second Page: What is it used for? Third Page: A example

  3. What is Metaphor? • A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes a subject by asserting that it is, on some point of comparison, the same as another otherwise unrelated object. • -> In simple terms, a metaphor compares two objects or things without using the words "like" or "as“!

  4. What is it used for? If you want to describe a subject … Camel Ship of the desert …which means the same.

  5. As you like it – William Shakespeare All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; => This quote is a metaphor because the world is not literally a stage. By figuratively asserting that the world is a stage, Shakespeare uses the points of comparison between the world and a stage to convey an understanding about the mechanics of the world and the lives of the people within it.

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