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Need help understanding the meaning of metaphor?
Will someone please give me the definition of metaphor in a way I can easily understand. I would also REALLY appreciate a good example.
My teacher wants me to give him an advertisement with a metaphor in it. Whats a good example, like what kind of ad?
12 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Shakespierre said "the world is a stage". the metaphor is comparing the world as a stage where we can sit back n watch even though we r in the world as well. the metaphor is a comparison of sorts.
- gosam777Lv 71 decade ago
Not sure if they still do. But Uniroyal tire used the "tiger paw" as an advertising metaphor. In the ads they would show a tire on a car, then morph the tire into a tiger's paw, indicating agility, traction, toughness.
John Deere (Deere, founders last name) uses a deer animal "Nothing runs like a Deere (deer)" comparing the swiftness, mobility, yet gentleness of the animal are the same attributes as the product.
- cjvw622Lv 71 decade ago
A metaphor is a comparison. While a simile uses "like" or "as" (strong as an ox, ran like the wind) a metaphor doesn't. He's a cheetah on the track. Lightning flashed in the heavy, leaden clouds.
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- 1 decade ago
A metaphor is a comparison between two objects Using the word is
The bread is a rock.
that girl is a toad.
The difference between a simile and a metaphor is that similes use like or as:
a simile :
The bread was as hard as a rock.
The girl is like a toad.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
A metaphor is a way of comparing two things with out using comparative words like, like or as;
Example;
The ice skater was a graceful swan.
That is a metaphor.
Non-Example;
The ice skater was LIKE a graceful swan.
That is a simile that uses comparative words.
Source(s): Years of english - 6 years ago
Examples of metaphors:
The snow is a white blanket.
The rain is an ocean.
Her brain is a computer.
The comparison:
snow and a blanket
rain and the ocean
brain and computer
meaning:
the snow is so white.
it was raining a lot.
She is so smart.
I hope these examples helped. :)
- eliLv 71 decade ago
metaphors draw the picture of one thing so that we can see the real thing:
having a root canal was like having a wood rasp taken to my gums
or another example would be :
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances; — (William Shakespeare, As You Like It, 2/7)
Source(s): a figure of speech and or phrase that portrays one word as being or equal to a second object in some way. This device is known for usage in literature, especially in poetry, where with few words, emotions and associations from one context are associated with objects and entities in a different context. It compares two subjects without using 'like' or 'as'. Compared to simile, the metaphor takes us one step further than the simile. Instead of asking us to picture one thing as being like another, the metaphor asks us to picture one thing as being the other. wikipedia - Anonymous1 decade ago
Metaphor is when you use two nouns and compare or contrast them to one another. Unlike simile, you don't use "like" or "as" in the comparison.
From expressions like "it's raining cats and dogs" to "table leg" and "old flame," everyday speech is full of them.
- Anonymous8 years ago
it is pretty much comparing two nouns like the wrestler had muscles that were the size of a Greek god
