Metaphor

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English

 

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Evelyn S

 

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March 8, 2016

 

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Metaphors put a twist in daily language in that they are a unique way of describing a concept. There are common metaphors that we use everyday and not so common ones which are used specifically in some kind of field for example engineering. Since engineers usually work as a team to accomplish a goal, they use metaphors to communicate with each other exclusively...
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An example of a common metaphor is “jumping for joy.” In order to understand this metaphor, we have to look for the concept first. The concept is Joy or Happiness and the action of jumping is used to convey the significance of joy. For example when a High School student receives his/her acceptance letter from a university they applied to, they get overwhelmed with happiness, so they “jump for joy...
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