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  2. Beatrice Warde - Wikipedia

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    The Crystal Goblet" is rich with metaphors. The title itself is a reference to a clear vessel holding wine, where the vessel, the printed word, gives no obstruction to the presentation of its content, the text. Warde poses a choice between two wine glasses: one of "solid gold, wrought in the most exquisite patterns" and one of "crystal-clear ...

  3. List of English-language metaphors - Wikipedia

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    A list of metaphors in the English language organised alphabetically by type. A metaphor is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea; e.g., "Her eyes were glistening jewels".

  4. Metaphor - Wikipedia

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    A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another. [1] It may provide (or obscure) clarity or identify ...

  5. Dan Campbell and his kneecap-biting Lions are on the ... - AOL

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    His metaphors are occasionally tortured, but his point is always crystal clear. Campbell was different. Detroit was going to be different, too.

  6. Figure of speech - Wikipedia

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    Metaphor: an implied comparison between two things, attributing the properties of one thing to another that it does not literally possess. [19] Metonymy: a thing or concept is called not by its own name but rather by the name of something associated in meaning with that thing or concept.

  7. Crystal Clear - Wikipedia

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    Crystal Clear (Jaci Velasquez album), 2000; Crystal Clear (David Dunn album), 2015 . Crystal Clear, a 2014 EP by David Dunn "Crystal Clear", a 1988 song from World Without End by the Mighty Lemon Drops

  8. TikToker finds clue in Interstellar that changes meaning of ...

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    An eagle-eyed TikToker found a clue in sci-fi epic Interstellar that changes the meaning of the entire movie.. Directed by Oscar-winner Christopher Nolan, the movie explores themes as diverse as ...

  9. Literal and figurative language - Wikipedia

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    Uses of figurative language, or figures of speech, can take multiple forms, such as simile, metaphor, hyperbole, and many others. [12] Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature says that figurative language can be classified in five categories: resemblance or relationship, emphasis or understatement, figures of sound, verbal games, and errors.