Examples Of Metaphors In Catcher In The Rye
Kaitlyn Truong
Period 4
Literary Device
Metaphor: A metaphor is a figure of speech in which there is a comparison between two things or object that are contradictory or different but have a common characteristic. Is similar to a simile but is a hidden comparison because a metaphor doesn't use the words "like" or "as" like a simile does.
Example: " My mother gets very hysterical. She's not too bad after she gets something thoroughly digested, though." (The Catcher in the Rye 51
Function: When Holden comes up with the idea to leave his town, Pencey, and go to New York for a little while, he decides to write a letter to his parents telling them exactly this. While he is doing this, he is thinking about how they would respond and stated that
Period 4
Literary Device
Metaphor: A metaphor is a figure of speech in which there is a comparison between two things or object that are contradictory or different but have a common characteristic. Is similar to a simile but is a hidden comparison because a metaphor doesn't use the words "like" or "as" like a simile does.
Example: " My mother gets very hysterical. She's not too bad after she gets something thoroughly digested, though." (The Catcher in the Rye 51
Function: When Holden comes up with the idea to leave his town, Pencey, and go to New York for a little while, he decides to write a letter to his parents telling them exactly this. While he is doing this, he is thinking about how they would respond and stated that