Lockness...
 

Come tell everyone what you told me thru PM.....

define metaphour for us Lock...

ok a metaphor is one class of things is referred to as if it belonged to another class. Whereas a simile states that A is like B, a metaphor states that A is B or substitutes B for A.

i already knew this................

^ that is a similie that u posted on a metaphor cypher

Metaphor is an expression which CAN be used to refer to somthin, doesnt neccessarily mean it literally has to suggest similarity, but it doesnt mean that it doesnt either.

correction metaphor is a comparison
and a simlie is a comparison using like or as

lol I aint gon arhue with you, because
what I said above your post is right.

no ask any one here look up the defintion online
i have even ask poets and they would agree with me

I always thought it was the other way around. Heh.

admitting u where wrong would be the manly thing to do here

Ok, I'll look it up
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*Lookin*
#www.dictionary.com
seach metaphor

defintion:
The application of a concept to which it is not literally applicable but which suggests a resemblance and/or a similarity and also invites comparison.

^and if u dont know now u know nigga

looo....*cough*.....ooool

i wasn't sayin that u had to be literal but u cant use like and as

But ''Like'' would suggest a resmblence...which is a metaphor.

if i where to say (his brain is a computer)< metaphor
(his brain is like a computer)< simlie

....Hmmmm.

Thats not a metaphor at all.

Metaphor: Josh pounced on the loose ball like a tiger.

Similie: Josh can't miss today, he's a machine.

i its a poetic rule i didnt make it but thats the way it is and has been
if u use other words
for example

(life is parallel to a cell )< metaphor
(life is similar to a cell) < metaphor
(life is like a cell)< simlie
(life is as if you where in a cell) < simlie

like and as are ruled out and will always be ruled out

yes it is because im basicly sayin his brain is a computer
get it he process things quick

buddy its the other way around

Its not the other way around tho.

yes it is because your making a similar comparison hense the name simlie

metaphor
you say one thing is another. like if you said 'my style is gravity', that's a metaphor. your style = gravity.

simile
when you say something is 'like' something or 'as' ... as something. if you said 'got honeys like sand on the beach' that's a simile, (lots of) girls = (lots of) sand on the beach

even check the totrials because ive been writing poetry since i was 13years of age and thats what everyone of my teacher say

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