LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY
GENRE AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
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Question
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Metaphor
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Simile
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Hyperbole
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None of the Above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A Box of Chocolates “My mama always said life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get!” What is this? While the way Forest Gump explained it made it a simile (that use of the term ‘like’ is in there), you could easily turn it into a metaphor: “Life is a box of chocolates.”
Detailed explanation-2: -The sentence is metaphoric. Life is a movement from birth to death. A journey is also a movement from the start to the destination. Both, in a way, are similar in perspective and performance.
Detailed explanation-3: -So while “life is a highway” is a simple metaphor, it becomes an extended metaphor when you say: “Life is a highway that takes us through green pastures, vast deserts, and rocky mountains. Sometimes your car breaks down or you run out of gas, and sometimes you get lost.