metaphor
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L.A. literature: In a durably famous metaphor for Southern California, “The Crying of Lot 49’s” heroine, Oedipa, compares the sight of a distant sprawling suburb to a transistor radio’s printed circuit board.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
But the metaphor runs deeper than a single motion.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
Goodwin’s advice included a basketball metaphor: “defense wins championships.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
It’s consistently executed, balancing history and layered metaphor with sweeping cinematography and a score that contributes as much to its electrifying storytelling as Ryan Coogler’s writing and directing.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026
Whether or not a text is organized to fit into a hierarchical outline, the tree metaphor goes only so far.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing metaphor
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Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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