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- "it's raining cats and dogs" is just a colorful metaphor and not a meteorological announcement
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When Body Parts Are Also Verbs
Head, shoulders, metaphors, and toes
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31 Useful Rhetorical Devices
31 Useful Rhetorical Devices
'Simile' and 'metaphor' are just the beginning.
Hyperbole, and Other Fancy Rhetorical...
Hyperbole, and Other Fancy Rhetorical Words
So that's what that's called
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“Metaphor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metaphor. Accessed 22 Feb. 2020.
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The first known use of metaphor was in the 15th century
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