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* definitions: | |||
** analogy | |||
** figurative | |||
** literal | |||
** metaphor | |||
* dual use of figurative & literal language | |||
** Virginia Woolfe example from "Three Guineas," 1938: | |||
Close at hand is a bridge over the River Thames, an admirable vantage ground for us to make a survey. The river flows beneath; barges pass, laden with timber, bursting with corn; there on one side are the domes and spires of the city; on the other, Westminster and the Houses of Parliament. It is a place to stand on by the hour, dreaming. But not now. Now we are pressed for time. Now we are here to consider facts; now we must fix our eyes upon the procession—the procession of the sons of educated men | |||
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* see [[Ogden Nash: Very Like a Whale]] for criticism of poetical metaphor | * see [[Ogden Nash: Very Like a Whale]] for criticism of poetical metaphor | ||
[[Category:Language Arts]] | [[Category:Language Arts]] | ||
[[Category:Literature]] | [[Category:Literature]] | ||