What's a metaphor for?
Shakespeare, Stephen King, and Forrest Gump
Introduction
Metaphors, similes, analogies.
What are they? What’s the difference?
Most importantly, why use them?
First, let’s clear up the terminology with definitions, examples, and explanations.
Metaphors
A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase meaning one thing is used in place of another to denote a simil…
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