Metaphor: A direct comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as," asserting that one thing is another.
How to apply it: Analyze how a metaphor creates meaning by transferring qualities from the vehicle to the tenor, and what the comparison reveals.
Course: AP English Literature · Unit: Poetry II
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