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    simile here paired with descriptive phrases‚ and these effectively depict a personal image of the fish. She uses the familiar "wallpaper" comparison because it is something the readers can relate to their own lives. Also the "ancient wallpaper" analogy can refer to the fish’s age. Although faded and aged he withstood the test of time‚ like the wallp aper. Bishop uses highly descriptive words like "speckled" and "infested" to create an even clearer mental picture. The word "terrible" is used to

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    challenging and hard to understand. Analogies use comparison to highlight similarities between two or more things. They are often using to clarify issues. Here’s an example of an analogy Hot is to Summer as cold is to winter or the famous Forest Gump analogy says “life is like a box of chocolates because you never know what you’re going to get.” That’s the function of the Analogy; it is drawing a comparison in order to show similarity in some respect. Analogies are a good way to help get your point

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    winning and accomplishing. David McCullough was effective in delivering his argument in his speech “You’re not special” written for a graduating class in 2012. He uses pathos and deliberate choice of diction to get through to the audience‚ meaningful analogies to develop his argument‚ and powerful antitheses to illustrate his arguments. McCullough is effective in delivering his argument through developing the audience’s emotions with pathos and his choice of diction. He says that“[…] our own detriment

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    idiomatic. Analogy a similarity between like features of two things‚ on which a comparison may be based: the analogy between the heart and a pump. the process by which words or phrases are created or re-formed according to existing patterns in the language‚ as when shoon  was re-formed as shoes‚  when -ize  is added to nouns like winter  to form verbs‚ or when a child says foots  for feet . Analogy is also a form resulting from such a process. Understanding the meaning of an analogy is key to the

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    being; hence‚ God is the greatest being. God is great. Let us interpret God’s goodness in a manner analogous to human goodness. I take God’s goodness as analogous primarily to the parent-child relationship; God is good‚ according to this analogy‚ as a father or mother is to his or her children. 2 Caring for one’s children is a paradigm metaphor in Scripture for God’s care for his creatures. God is good. The purpose of this essay is to explore the ramifications of these two views for

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    community‚ or class. Don’t give up your day job. This idiom is commonly used to describe someone who believes they are very good at something and could make a living doing just that when in fact in the eyes of others they are really actually no good. Analogy: The inference that if two or more things agree with one another in some respects. They will probably agree in others. During election times we can hear candidates saying things like‚ Bill Clinton‚ Rhode Scholar is to genius as Mitt Romney is

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    and simile: A metaphor expresses an implicit comparison‚ whereas a simile is explicit‚ because it uses the words "like" or "as" to announce and call attention to the fact that a comparison is being made. To compare figuratively is to draw an analogy between one thing and another. There’s an element of logical argument to be analyzed when you’re analyzing a metaphor. What are the grounds of the comparison? (What precise part of the second term is being brought to bear on the first?) Tenor

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    have a good use of metaphor throughout each poem. Herbert has a good use of metaphor in these two poems that greatly enhances the meaning of them both. The metaphors used have affect over the connotation and the denotation of the adjectives and the analogies that are made with the use of the metaphors “Alter” has a great use of metaphor in not only the words but also the shape of the poem its self. The altar Herbert is erecting to God in this poem is also made of "broken" material‚ not actually out

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    and really believe Sally was yanking on someone’s leg. Analogy is drawing a comparison in order to show similarity in some respect. Analogy roles/functions are in problem solving‚ decision making‚ perception‚ memory‚ creativity‚ emotion‚ explanation and communication. Analogies spice up stories and are used because people pay attention when they are enjoying a story and are anxious to hear what’s coming up next. An example of an analogy is‚ “Sally is as stubborn as a mule.” This expression is

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    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. Metaphor is a type of analogy and is closely related to other rhetorical figures of speech that achieve their effects via association‚ comparison or resemblance including allegory‚ hyperbole‚ and simile. In simpler terms‚ a metaphor compares two objects or things without using the words "like" or "as". One of the most prominent examples

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