metaphorical., A metaphor is defined as a way of speaking in which one thing is expressed in terms of another, whereby this bringing together throws new light on the character of what is being described [4; 77]. p align="justify"> Also, the most typical is the definition based on the contrast and comparison of metaphors: "metaphor a - kind of a trope, in which individual words or expressions converge on the similarity of their values, or by contrast, represents a dismembered comparison, in which, however, easily seen both terms. Customary as a rule the trope is formed by the principle of personification (water running), reification (nerves of steel) and so on. Also the role of metaphor can serve all parts of speech (verb, noun, adjective) [1, 18]. In the opinion of V. Arnold, "a metaphor is implicit comparison that is made by using the name of one object to another and thus tapping some important feature of the second" [2; 24]. In this definition, the emphasis is on the mainstreaming of one or more signs of metaphor.simple definition is that a metaphor is the understanding of one concept in terms of another, preferably when there is some similarity or correlation between the two concepts.For example , consider the sentence:
When Clair called the angry policeman a twit it just added fuel to the fire [25, 65] .
This employs a straightforward metaphor that compares a raging fire to the policeman s anger. The point is to gain a feeling for the degree of anger by comparing it to the known behaviour of a fire that has had fuel thrown upon it (the fire flares up, as does the policeman s anger). metaphor that compares someone s anger to a raging fire is so commonplace as to be a cliche. For it to work, the image of a fire flaring when fuel is added to it must have a meaning. vivid example of the usage of metaphor is presented bellow:
Then, when he could throw it straight and hard, he taught himself to throw a knuckleball, a slow pitch that travels without spinning, and makes its way toward the hitter like a butterfly over a bed of flowers, fluttering [25; 67].
This is a nice, graceful metaphor that provides a mental picture of something one could pretty much picture without the metaphor (the knuckleball) by comparing it to a butterfly. But the metaphoric description enriches the experience. It is supposed that one can visualize the pitch as author has described it, and it is presumed that you have never thought of it as a butterfly before. p align="justify"> A metaphor, according to I. A. Richards, consists of two parts: the tenor and vehicle. The tenor is the subject to which attributes are...
