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stuti
stuti
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What are possbile metaphors for these phrases: an exciting job, stress, competition, success, a goal, marriage, social class, material possession?

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Posted by stuti on Thursday October 22, 2009 at 2:11 AM and tagged with guide to literary terms, themes.

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  1. amy-lepore Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

    eNotes Editor

    How about these suggestions:

    1.  an exciting job= "it's a blast every day!" (job=blast/bomb)

    3.  competiton= "Welcome to the rat race!" (competition as a race)  or "This isn't my first rodeo" (competition as a rodeo)

    4. success= It's the luck of the draw (success with gambling or luck)

    6. marriage= Love is a battlefield.  (love/marriage=battle or alliances)

    7. social class= She's a gold-digger    or He's a ladder-climber (ladder=climbing to different social levels)

     

    That's a start, anyway!  Good Luck!

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/literary-terms/metaphor

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    Posted by amy-lepore on Thursday October 22, 2009 at 7:58 AM


  2. jseligmann Teacher
    High School - 11th Grade

    eNotes Editor

    And exciting job: "Teaching floats my boat."
    I always like this one. Sure it's a cliche, but the suggestion that the interest one has in what he or she does for a living gives life buoyancy is very apropos.

    Stress: "I was all in knots for whole day." That's such a good image of being tightly tied with little wiggle room; it is very much what stress is really about.

    Competition: "Hey, it's a dog-eat-dog world!" or "It's a jungle out there." Both metaphors express the idea of primal, animalistic struggle, which is the the epitome of competition.

    Success: "The race as finally won." "Touchdown!" "His last presentation was a home run." You can't go wrong with sports metaphors when it comes to expressing success.

    A goal: "We finally reached the finish line." "Yes, we found the Holy Grail." Again, it's nice to dig into sports, religion or mythology.

    Marriage: "They were two peas in a pod." "Their relationship was a hornet's nest." "They exchanged rings and then entered the ring." "From day one, their theme song was Stormy Weather." Oh, we could go on and on with marriage metaphors :-)

    Social Class: "They were from different sides of the tracks." "Upstairs, downstairs."

    Material possession: "Until the accident, her BMW was a flying carpet ride." "His new putter was the magic wand he had sought for so long."

    Hint: For metaphors, go where the greats went: the animal world, the weather, and, more recently, sports.

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    Posted by jseligmann on Thursday October 22, 2009 at 1:05 PM