Both Uses
metaphor
in
Everything, Everything
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- I'm sort of convinced that time has literally, and not just metaphorically, slowed down, but that's the kind of thing that would make headlines.†
p. 91.8
- "I'VE DECIDED BAGGAGE carousels are a perfect metaphor for life," Olly says from atop the edge of a nonmoving one.†
p. 190.1 *metaphor = a figure 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
Definitions:
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(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)