Military metaphors are commonly used in everyday conversation. During these uncertain times‚ politicians exploit this at the drop of a dime. Strategy‚ tactics‚ ammunition and arsenal‚ words with pure military meaning‚ are used frequently in the current political atmosphere. Some other examples of military metaphors that come to my mind are: Spearheading the discussion‚ Getting off your high horse‚ Closing ranks‚ Boots on the ground‚ Rally the troops‚ The rank and file. This comes at a time when the
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Matt: Wait‚ I do remember something from class… isn’t water a metaphor? Nick: Uhh…. the essay is just a draft‚ for the test you should define a metaphor. Matt: Oh‚ now you lost me‚ whats a metaphor again? Nick: Oh for… it’s something that represents itself and something else‚ but isn’t universal. Matt: Cuz‚ a symbol would be universal? Nick: Yeah‚ like water being synonymous with life‚ a bunch of civilizations popped up around water‚ like the egyptians on the Nile and the Mesopotamians on the
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includes underlying life lessons. According to Foster’s article‚ Every Trip Is A Quest‚ a quest narrative contains questers‚ a place to go‚ challenges and trials‚ a stated reason to go‚ and a real reason‚ self-knowledge. The video game‚ Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons‚ succeeds in using the quest narrative by implementing subconscious life lessons with every challenge that the brothers encounter in order to achieve the ultimate goal. Video games with quest narrative have become very popular because they
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Developing Imagery with Metaphors and Personification in The Kite Runner Sometimes an author will omit the word like or as when making a comparison. For example‚ in Chapter 4 Amir says‚ “Words were secret doorways and I held all the keys” (Hosseini 30). This kind of comparison is called a metaphor. An author can also create imagery through personification‚ or giving non-living object human characteristics. For example‚ Amir says‚ “Seconds plodded by‚ each separated from the next by an eternity”
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meaning and metaphor similar to many other statements she constructs her career upon. The grey wig illustrates the ending of an era‚ the period entrenched in representing the ideals of Gaga’s latest album. They exemplify her growth and maturation through the cycle of the album‚ and serve to respectfully and gingerly leave that period in the past. The Fame‚ The Fame Monster‚ Born This Way‚ and ARTPOP are rooted in meanings‚ metaphors‚ and statements that made her famous‚ yet only two eras ended by
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imagination as well. Frye teaches us that English language and the language of literature helps us bond closely our personal imagination and experience with that of the outside world‚ which is why he calls his book the motive for metaphor‚ because through this process we are using a metaphor to relate our experiences and imagination with the real world. Studying literature is very important and provides humanity with an abundant amount of social value‚ intelligence and a better approach with dealing with
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The Machine Metaphor and Organizations Today The machine metaphor points out the ways that organizations are specialized‚ standardized‚ and predictable. When I try to apply this metaphor to real life‚ the first thing that comes to mind is the assembly line inside a factory. To create a product each member has their role on the assembly line and there isn’t much deviation from the set process otherwise the product may be unpredictable. In an assembly line the work is done simultaneously to achieve
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Metaphors mandate in operational form can be derived into a metaphor of zakat‚ or the reality of an organization that is charitable with zakat. This implies that business oriented organizations are no longer profit oriented‚ or stockholders-oriented‚ but zakat oriented and environment and stakeholders-oriented. With zakat orientation‚ the company strives to achieve the optimum zakat payment rate. Thus‚ net profit (net profit) is no longer a measure of corporate performance‚ but vice versa zakat‚
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essay will be examining it as a metaphor for life today. Given the limit‚ the structure is to identify the panopticon and identify areas in organisations (3 of the 5 organisations as identified by Henry Mintzberg 1988) and society today where is fits as a metaphor. This will be followed by a discussion in relation to Michel Foucault’s work whilst drawing upon various examples within contemporary organisations and society to conclude on whether it is a good metaphor or not. The Panopticon This is
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Dead metaphor Description A dead metaphor occurs where the once-evocative transferred image is no longer effective or even understood‚ perhaps being lost in the aeons of time. Example Fabulous was something worthy of fable. Like many other superlatives‚ it has lost its original edge and now just means ’good’. Money was so called because it was first minted at the temple Juno Moneta. The origin of ’the whole nine yards’ seems unknown‚ even to an expert word website. Discussion Dead metaphors are
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