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Latin: Alike
Compares two images using the words
"like", "as", "as if", "than"
(ex: "cold as a stone", "her love is like a red, red rose", etc.) |
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Greek: Transfer
similar to a simile, but omits the linking word (like, as, than) and connects the two compared objects more directly. (ex: "I'm a wreck!", "the snake's hypodermic teeth") |
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Two metaphors which do not go together.
Ex: "if you skate on thin ice, you will end up in hot water." |
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Reasoning based on metaphor.
If A is like B in some respects, it is possible that they are alike in other respects as well. Ex: "No mud can soil us but the mud we throw." |
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Greek: Blended feeling
Lending a sense to a sensor other than where it belongs. ex: "if I could touch you, my hands would begin to sing." |
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It-reminds-me-of...
One thing alluding to another.
Ex: "There he goes, acting like Bill."
"I hope this evening won't be like the last." |
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seeing as people inanimate objects, abstractions, movements, and events.
Ex: "Friendly colors", "timid arguments", "yawning chasms". |
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| A natural product of the symbolizing mind. |
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Exaggeration for effect.
Ex: "Best evening I ever had!", "Nicest dress I ever saw!", "I never heard such a lie!" |
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Greek: ~Taking as a whole
Discussing a whole as one part of a group on things.
Ex: "All hands on deck", "let's count noses", "how many head of cattle?", "She was all ears" |
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Referring to one thing by using the name of something associated with it.
Ex: "any big names at the party tonight?", "I've been reading Shakespeare.", "I ate the whole plate!", A child referring to a cow as a "Moo". |
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