All 4 Uses
metaphor
in
Orphan Train, by Christina Baker Kline
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- Mr. Reed tells students they have to interview someone—a mother or father or grandparent—about their own portages, the moments in their lives when they've had to take a journey, literal or metaphorical.
p. 131.7 *metaphorical = as a figure of speech
- I'm not so good with metaphors, dear," Vivian says.†
p. 137.2metaphors = figures of speech in which a similarity between two things is highlighted by using a word to refer to something that it does not literally mean
- I think of these qualities as metaphorical, you know?†
p. 138.3
- I guess you could think of it as metaphorical, too.†
p. 138.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(metaphor) a figure of speech in which a similarity between two things is implied by using a word to refer to something it does not literally mean—as in, "All the world’s a stage."When Shakespeare wrote, "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players." he was not saying the world is really a stage and all people are actors. But he was pointing to the similarities he wants us to recognize.
While metaphors and similes are both techniques of figurative language. The distinction is that a simile explicitly shows that a comparison is being made, by using words such as "like" or "as". A metaphor simply substitutes words assuming the reader will understand the meaning should not be take literally. "She is like a diamond in the rough" is a simile; while "She is a diamond in the rough" is a metaphor. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)