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Another example could be in referring to a woman who was very A well-known metaphor is the one used by William Shakespeare in
attractive. We might say, “she was not unattractive”. his play, “As You Like It”.
“All the world’s a stage,
She is no oil painting. (She is ugly.) And all the men and women are merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;”
This is no small problem. (This is a big problem.)
Some common metaphors include the following:
This wine is not bad at all. (This wine is very good.)
Broken heart
I am not as young as I used to be. (I am getting old.) It’s raining men
The light of my life
The apple of my eye
“The grave’s a fine a private place, Feeling blue
But none, I think, do there embrace.” Emotions are on a rollercoaster
(Andrew Marvel - “To His Coy Mistress”) He is the black sheep of the family
Hearing her friend was not injured was music to her ears
He was hopping mad
Metabasis She was drowning in paperwork

Metabasis is the transitioning from one subject to another. The word William Shakespeare commonly used metaphors in his writing.
comes from the Latin and it means “a change”. It is also claimed “Shall I compare Thee to a summer’s Day”. (“Sonnet 18”)
that the word comes from ancient Greek “Metábasis” meaning
“changing mutation”. The word is also used in medicine for a
change in symptoms of a disease.
Metonymy
Examples:
Metonymy is the use of a word or a phrase which is different from
You have heard lots of talk of what can go wrong with the plan, let’s what is being described, but has some association with it.
talk now about how it can succeed.
Examples:

Methaphor Hollywood is a suburb of Los Angeles in California, U.S.A.. But the
word “Hollywood” is often used as a metonym for the U.S. film
A metaphor is a commonly used rhetorical device used by speakers industry.
and in writing. Methaphors describe things that are not similar by
asserting that in some way they are. It should not be confused with The term “Buckingham Palace” is also sometime used
a simile which will use words such as “like” or “as” in making metonymously to refer to the British royalty.
comparisons.
The financial centre of the U.S.A. is often referred to as “Wall
Examples: Street”.