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What is a metaphor to describe a person?
A metaphor is a word or phrase that is used to describe a person or object and in so doing makes an understood comparison; unfortunately, this ‘understood’ comparison is not always easy to understand. For example, ‘Her sunny face was a pleasing sight’. Her face couldn’t literally (in real) be sunny.
What is my metaphor?
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. A metaphor states that one thing is another thing. It equates those two things not because they actually are the same, but for the sake of comparison or symbolism.
How do you think in metaphors?
Metaphorical Thinking can help when considering a problem and its solution. Thoughts are exposed to related concepts and those are then compared to each other. Using comparisons stimulate creative ideas to solve problems. The key to Metaphorical Thinking is looking for similarities or parallels.
What can metaphors tell us about personality?
The use of metaphors in research of personality can be highly valuable because, as observed by Moser (2000), on one hand, people usually speak metaphorically about the complex and abstract matter of the ‘self’ and on the other hand, metaphors give access to the tacit knowledge/mental models which shape the individual understanding of the self, and also to the cultural models provided by language to express individuality, self-concept and the ‘inner world’.
What are some metaphors that describe a person?
Some metaphors to describe personality could involve referring to people as the type of animals that their behavior resembles, such as a pig for messy people or a dragon for angry or harsh people. Describing someone’s personality as “bubbly” is generally taken to mean that they are enthusiastic or fun to be around.
How would you describe a metaphor?
A metaphor is described as “a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things that are basically dissimilar.”1 In other words, it describes one thing in terms of another.
What are some metaphor words?
Life is a race and we never realise that we are running towards nothing!