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    Dragon as a Metaphor

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    between the eighth and eleventh centuries. The story of the Dragonslayer is that of a Hero‚ who starts off insignificant‚ but after his journey‚ is strong enough to face and defeat the evil Dragon. The Hero’s Journey is split into three phases; in order they are: Separation‚ Initiation‚ and the Return. The story of Beowulf was written for a specific purpose‚ other than creating a whole genre. The bards who wrote it as though it was a history‚ describing the past as the way things are when they wrote

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    perception of our team’s metaphors as a whole is that we all are capable of expressing our thoughts about things in our lives as we see them through metaphors. Each of our metaphors allowed others to identify with our thoughts by connecting words with our senses. The metaphors that my team members have written are descriptive and easy to understand. The metaphors that the team members have written were very good and descriptive in my opinion. Personal Barriers None of our metaphors seemed to have any

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    Family and Metaphor

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    parents. Interview them‚ using the questions and elements you have chosen. For your writing‚ you will need a metaphor. The metaphor in our book was the loom- the author used it to weave together all the elements of her mother’s life into a single fabric. You could use a car‚ a cake‚ a computer- anything which has components. The components come together to create one thing. Choose a metaphor which has meaning to you- your writing will be much more powerful this way. Finally‚ put your chosen cultural

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    Metaphors in Poetry

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    The use of metaphor in poetry is one of the most important aspects of poetic style that must be mastered. Metaphor can be described as figure of speech in which a thing is referred to as being something that it resembles. For example‚ a fierce person can be referred to as a tiger. Another example of a metaphor would be the description of a person who was uncommunicative as being as "silent as stone". The word stone is an image that is used to explain the intense silence of the person. In this way

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    Emotion and Metaphor

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    We all use metaphors in our everyday lives. We use them to make a point‚ to make the language more alive or simply because some metaphors have become the correct word to describe something (also known as a dead metaphor. In the book “The Philosophy of Rhetoric” I.A. Richards describes the metaphor as consisting of two parts; the tenor (the subject) and the vehicle (the metaphor). When we say that somebody has “a heart of gold”‚ no one thinks that this is actually the case. But the phrase gives a

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    Metaphors In Beowulf '

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    beowulf has a vast amount metaphors in its story mostly representing the beliefs of the original author. Some of these metaphor can be easily notabile such as on how good will always triumph over evil witch is represented by beowulf always defeating his foes. one of the many topics discussed throughout the story is gold and the influence on the characters. the story is based in anglo saxon times therefore most of the peoples beliefs would be about loyalty‚honor‚ bravery and such. Gold throughout

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    side I think that the word "coal" has used for representing money which could be supplied constantly to project in regard to keep this going. As we may see‚ from manager ’s point of view he may believe that there might just be an interpretation of metaphor on his own interpretations. People mostly see the things in different point of view from our-selves & we may never know for the sure when our ideas have correctly translated by another party. It is if ideas of communications theories may come

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    military metaphor

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    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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    Metaphors In Poetry

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    While some people may think that an author does not use any sort of elements of poetry to write‚ they actually do use it more than we all know. They tend to exaggerate a lot when writing‚ making things seem “bigger” and more important. They also use metaphors to compare things to other things totally unlike them. They also use rhyming to its full capability to get their points acrossed. They use rhyme schemes in couplets to get their points across. When an author is writing about something or

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    Develop Metaphors

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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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