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This 3 page paper discusses the significance of the metaphors used in an essay about them. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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simile, since both serve the same function: they compare two dissimilar subjects. The simile uses a connective word, as in "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee," courtesy of
Muhammad Ali (Barnet 124). The metaphor makes the comparison without using the connector: "She is the rose, the glory of the day" (Barnet 124). The terms that the metaphor compares
are "literally incompatible" (Barnet 124). That is, the "she" referred to in Spensers poem is a human woman, not really a rose, and she will never be a plant.
In the essay, the author discusses several types of metaphors and gives examples of them. The first category is war metaphors, the second is baseball metaphors, and the third is
car metaphors. In the first case, we have sayings like "His criticisms were right on target" (Lakoff and Johnson 315) or "Its a battle to lose weight." We dont mean
that someone has literally taken aim with his criticism or that we are involved in a battle to lose weight; the meanings are substantially different. What we mean is that
the criticism is valid and that losing weight is difficult. But we choose to express these sentiments by using metaphors instead of the more mundane expressions. Baseball metaphors are
very popular with men, and are also extremely common, so much so that they have become the butt of a number of jokes. Baseball metaphors include such things as referring
to someone whos performing well as hitting a home run; or describing someone who has not performed well as "striking out." In each case, we understand that the speaker is
describing the persons performance, not offering a commentary on a baseball game. And again, it is a sort of verbal "shorthand" that we use because everyone understands what is meant
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