metaphor分类.ppt

Metaphor Made by Sara Nicole Definition Metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or expression normally used one kind of object, action,etc. is extended to another. Classification 1) Nominal metaphor Nominal metaphor refers to the metaphor in which the metaphorical meaning is mainly expressed by noun. * Time is money. 2) Verbal metaphor Verbal metaphor refers to the metaphor whose metaphorical implication is expressed by verb. * Her eyes bored into him. * Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Classification 3) Adjective metaphor Adjective metaphor refers to the metaphor whose metaphorical meaning is indicated by adjective. * I could hardly put up with his acid remarks. 4) Quasi-metaphor Quasi-metaphor refers to the metaphor whose implication is shown by the word formed with some suffixes such as -ry, -ly, -sh, ic,etc. * The fat man licked his lips. His piggy eyes , as if unbelieving, were focused upon her own. Classification 5) Idiomic or proverbial metaphor Idiomatic or proverbial metaphor refers to a metaphor which contain an idiom or proverb. * He was almost at the end of his tether when he stumbled on the solution of his difficulty. 6) Denominative-verb metaphor When a noun serves as a verb, it becomes a denominative verb, which has two-fold meaning. In this case, this metaphorical meaning is expressed by the denominal verb, which is known as denominative-verb metaphor. Misfortune dogged him at every corner. Classification (7)Condensed metaphor In a condensed metaphor, the tenor is used to modify the vehicle. * Hurstwood complied and the car shot away, followed by a rattle of stones and a rain of curses. (8) Alphabetic metaphor Alphabetic metaphor refers to a metaphor in which a letter of alphabet serves as vehicle * Long lines of women, bent double like inverted capital Ls, working their way slowing a