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Or you can avoid language altogether and express the analogy in graphic form, using a labeled picture. A metaphor is an implicit simile, while analogy is an explicit one. Put differently, a metaphor is literally false, while an analogy is literally true. Metaphors need a bit more imagination to interpret, while analogies are readily apparent.
You can literally see the cat shows behavior deemed affectionate. The comparison is straightforward, , between the cat's behavior and our idea of what "affectionate" looks like. You can see literally the cat isn't a rock. The comparison isn't straight forward and asks us to imagine more so what it means to for the cat to be a "rock". Think of them this way: Analogy is a documentary. Metaphor is a fictionalization. An analogy is specifically a discursive or argumentative technique; a metaphor is strictly a literary one.
When you make an analogy you do it specifically to illustrate a point. A heart is like a two bicycle pumps. It's part of a discussion between you and the reader about items at hand. A metaphor is emotional, allusive, discursive. His heart is like the sea.
I cannot explain any sea-like parts of the heart and I'm not trying to prove anything about it. I just you to feel that his heart -- not the cardiac organ, of course, but his love for the heroine -- has the power and the restlessness of the sea. Analogous or analogy is a generell term in a lot of scientific branches and describes a special kind of similarity. Metaphor and analogy have something in common, but metaphor means transfer from one area to another.
As other disciplines of science which use the term analogy or analogous don't see a transfer they did not use metaphor. Biology speaks of analogous organs which have something in common, but there is no transfer. Added: I now realize that "analogy" is used as a literary term as well. The problem which these terms for literary devices is that comparison, analogy, simile and metaphor are overlapping terms and that precise definitions are lacking. Comparison is a general term, simile and analogy mean the same, but simile is more a literary term and analogy is in my view only a variant for simile.
But there are cases where it is difficult to decide whether something is a metaphor or not. Generally one may say terms of rhetoric have their difficulty, precise definitions are lacking, there are large overlapping areas and often views of different authors diverge as to what is what.
Link here. An analogy is logically consistent whereas a metaphor is emotionally consistent being consistent in one respect, however, doesn't exclude the other. Both are used to present similarities between the objects compared. For example, the term "snake oil" is a metaphor for an ineffective and fraudulent product, even if it contains neither a snake nor its oil. A "snake oil salesman" is an analogy for someone who doesn't scruple to sell such products.
Broadly speaking, analogies are a problem-solving tool -- you use them on a daily basis to make sense of your world. For example, maybe you read in passing that Switzerland is divided into cantons. If you live in the United States and you've never heard of a canton before, a helpful analogy might go like this: "Oh, cantons in Switzerland are like states in the USA -- a way of dividing a territory.
Metaphors are also comparisons. While they can shed light on an unfamiliar concept, they are most often used to connect drastically unrelated concepts in order to make a point, provide humor, or because the writer is trying really hard to be deep. The words you use in your own explanation are proof of this. Allow me to show you. You explain its purpose as being draw a comparison between two very different things.
Also accurate. Also note that your definition of metaphor explains that its function—to compare two dissimilar things—makes it a figure of speech. However, the flaw in your explanation occurs when you disallowed a simile to be properly identified also according to its function—to compare two dissimilar things—which makes it also a figure of speech. However, a simile and metaphor are both figures of speech that differ in the specific form they take syntactically when they express a figure of speech.
I was wondering if anyone here could help me with converting metophors,anaolgies, and similies more into not only my story writing! Ha but my speech and perhaps songwriting?? I swear, these lines had me laughing uncontrollably for 3 mins straight… its complexity so genius. Resist the urge to be sarcastic in your delivery. For those in need of a mental image… Never let your Alligator mouth overload your Hummingbird butt. Skip to primary navigation Skip to content Skip to primary sidebar.
Should you use a metaphor, a simile, or an analogy in your writing? Analogy Rather than a figure of speech, an analogy is more of a logical argument. Why metaphor? Next article: How to Build an Audience in and Beyond.
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