metaphors

[flyguy66]

You misspelled metaphor.

[Lew]

Only one. ("The young fighter ...")

The other two you're talking about use the words "resembled" or "exactly the way", which still count as simile; i.e. an explicit comparison. Your seventh grade English teacher may have actually said you need to use the words "like" or "as", but there are plenty of synonyms. My dictionary has the correct English teacher definition of simile : "... expressing likeness by the use of such terms as like, as, so, etc". Most people forget the "such terms as" part and remember only the "like" and "as" part.

My doctoral dissertation in computational linguistics was about metphor; I know somewhat what I'm talking about. (Unfortunately, I never finished it because I found out I could make a lot more money practicing NLP than writing about it -- which is probably why I'm sensitive to the subject. I sold my soul.)

Oh.....You're just sayin' that cause you know it's the truth!

[flyguy66]

Don't you just hate that, Lew? Pesky little things...facts.

Well, this has been an amusing diversion. But now I should get back to something about which we aren't all glossing over our secret "bitterness" with humor.

[hungNtree]

Don't you just hate that, Lew? Pesky little things...facts.

NEVER let a fact get in the way of a good story!

I don't know if they were metafours or metafives, but I like 'em!

hNt

[JohnScott]

I was thinking they were "smilies" not "similies." So much for my spelling.

[DG]

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