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	Metaphor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An active metaphor is one which by contrast to a dead metaphor, is not part of daily language and is noticeable as a metaphor.
		Metaphor and simile are two of the best known tropes and are often mentioned together as examples of rhetorical figures.
		A final difference is that in practice, often-used metaphors can "wear away" into dead metaphors as listeners come to learn metaphorical meanings by rote rather than making sense of seemingly nonsensical assertions, whereas a simile, because it explicitly calls attention to the act of comparison, is not as susceptible to the loss of metaphoricity.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Metaphor (2303 words)

	Metaphor
		Many consider metaphor to be at the heart of poetry (or even to define in part what it means to be human): the figure of speech that links dissimilar objects or concepts, establishing a non-deductive relationship.
		Metaphor is one of the most common figures of speech and many words have their origin in metaphor.
		Understanding, for example, is a dead metaphor, having its origins in the idea that "standing under" something was akin to having a good grasp of it (another, slightly less dead metaphor) or knowing it thoroughly.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/m/me/metaphor_1.html (676 words)

	Metaphor Article, Metaphor Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The morecommon meaning of metaphor is a figure of speech that is used to paint one concept with the attributes normally associated with another.
		Many consider metaphor to be at the heart of poetry (or even to define in part whatit means to be human): the figure of speech that links dissimilar objects or concepts, establishing a non-deductive relationship.
		Originally, metaphor was a Greek word meaning "transfer".The Greek etymology is from meta, implying "a change" andpherein meaning "to bear, or carry".
	www.anoca.org /ship/meaning/metaphor.html (682 words)

	FreeWill.html
		Personification, a subtype of metaphor, is a device by which human qualities are assigned to nonhuman objects.
		Similarly, one of the values of metaphors is that they have the potential to influence and facilitate an emerging, evolving, common consciousness, in effect acting as an environmental influence on the open system of mind.
		Metaphors are considered to be a function of the right side of the brain.
	www.thequestioner.com /FreeWill.html (19506 words)

	metaphor
		metaphor [Gr.,=transfer], in rhetoric, a figure of speech in which one class of things is referred to as if it belonged to another class.
		A dead metaphor, such as “the arm” of a chair, is one that has become so common that it is no longer considered a metaphor.
		synecdoche - synecdoche, figure of speech, a species of metaphor, in which a part of a person or thing is used...
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/ent/A0832885.html (284 words)

	United Bible Societies - Translation \| TIC Talk Current Issue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		He concludes that, although there are few explicit statements of the manifest function of blood ritual, the latent functions include the marking and ordering of sacred space and the indexing of the social and religious status of those participating in the ritual.
		As it focuses attention on the cultural basis of the metaphoric process, the step-by-step routine also aims to guard against common errors in the translation and interpretation of the source language.
		Additionally, it indicates how metaphor is related to certain other tropes, but not to be confused with tropes generally, or with the figurative and non-literal.
	www.ubs-translations.org /cms/index.php?id=41,0,0,1,0,0 (8499 words)

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