A metaphor is a figure of speech that describes an object or action in a way that isn’t literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison.
“The mountain loomed large over the valley.” What is this an example of? A. Metaphor B. Simile C. Personification D. Hyperbole 相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 D。“loomed large”有夸大的意思,是夸张手法。暗喻和明喻是比喻,拟人是把物当人写。
“The ocean roars like a lion.” What is this an example of? A. Metaphor B. Simile C. Personification D. Hyperbole 相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 B。“海洋像狮子一样咆哮”,是明喻,用“like”连接海洋和狮子。选项 A 隐喻不对;选项 C 拟人没有把海洋当成人;选项 D 夸张不符合。明喻能让读者更...
“The fire dances.” What is this an example of? A. Metaphor B. Simile C. Personification D. Hyperbole 相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 C。“火在跳舞”,把火当成人来写,是拟人。选项 A 隐喻不符合;选项 B 明喻没有用“like”等词;选项 D 夸张也不对。拟人让火更加有活力。
Poll the class using the following prompt: "What is a metaphor?" Have students volunteer to share their thoughts. Write a metaphor on the board like the following example: "Your room is a disaster area." Tell students that metaphors are analogies that compare two unlike things by saying they...
What is a metaphor to describe someone? A metaphor is a word or phrase that is used to describe a person or object and in so doingmakes an understood comparison; unfortunately, this 'understood' comparison is not always easy to understand. For example, 'Her sunny face was a pleasing sight...
There are two types of extended metaphor: Allegory An allegory is a work that thematically discusses abstract ideas in a narrative. For example, George Orwell’s Animal Farm is an allegory about power and revolution. Usually, an allegory does not explicitly state its theme. Rather, it tells a...
ONTOLOGICAL METAPHOR means that human experiences with physical objects provide the basis for ways of viewing events,activities,emotions,ideas,etc.,as entities and substances.Ontological metaphors can serve various purposes.By ontological metaphors we give bounded surfaces to less clearly discrete entities ...
百度试题 结果1 题目“As busy as a bee” is an example of what? A. Personification B. Metaphor C. Simile D. Idiom 相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 C。“像蜜蜂一样忙碌”,使用了明喻的修辞手法。反馈 收藏
We can see here that this metaphor mixes two different metaphors together. It’s mixing “I can see the light at the end of the tunnel” and “carrot on a stick.” While this particular mixed metaphor is a little clever, it does give us an example of what not to do. ...