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<blockquote data-quote="Forget Favre" data-source="post: 516280" data-attributes="member: 2006"><p>Your metaphors need a lot of work.</p><p>I have no clue (Am I the only one?) by what you mean with having" a career as a death row attorney." </p><p>In this case, the good old "I have a Brooklyn Bridge to sell you" or something like it is the one to use here. </p><p>Death row attorneys do not work in all states, like Wisconsin where we don't have the death penalty, and they actually do get sentences reduced or even in some rare cases the death row inmate freed. </p><p>It may be a depressing or stressful career but it may not be as bad as you are trying to make it out to be. </p><p>Read what's posted below if you insist on trying to make up new metaphors. </p><p>I'm not being picky. I'm making suggestions to help you be a better writer so that everyone can understand your points.</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>met·a·phor</strong></span></p><p><em>noun</em> \ˈme-tə-ˌfȯr <em>also</em> -fər\</p><p>: a word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar</p><p></p><p>: an object, activity, or idea that is used as a symbol of something else</p><p></p><p>(How is being a death row attorney similar to believing that Ray Nitshcke became a sweetheart?) </p><p><strong>Def<span style="font-size: 18px">inition of <em>METAPHOR</em></span></strong></p><p>1</p><p><strong>:</strong> a <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/figure%20of%20speech" target="_blank">figure of speech</a> in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/analogy" target="_blank">analogy</a> between them (as in <em>drowning in money</em>); <em>broadly</em> <strong>:</strong> figurative language — compare <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/simile" target="_blank">simile</a></p><p>2</p><p><strong>:</strong> an object, activity, or idea treated as a metaphor <strong>:</strong> <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/symbol" target="_blank">symbol</a>2</p><p>— <strong>met·a·phor·ic</strong> or <strong>met·a·phor·i·cal</strong> <em>adjective</em></p><p>— <strong>met·a·phor·i·cal·ly</strong> <em>adverb</em></p><p><a href="http://www.learnersdictionary.com/search/metaphor" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.merriam-webster.com/styles/default/images/reference/external.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> See metaphor defined for English-language learners »</a></p><p><a href="http://www.wordcentral.com/cgi-bin/student?book=Student&va=metaphor" target="_blank">See metaphor defined for kids »</a></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Examples of <em>METAPHOR</em></strong></span></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">“He was drowning in paperwork” is a <em>metaphor</em> in which having to deal with a lot of paperwork is being compared to drowning in an ocean of water.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Her poems include many imaginative <em>metaphors</em>.</li> </ol></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Forget Favre, post: 516280, member: 2006"] Your metaphors need a lot of work. I have no clue (Am I the only one?) by what you mean with having" a career as a death row attorney." In this case, the good old "I have a Brooklyn Bridge to sell you" or something like it is the one to use here. Death row attorneys do not work in all states, like Wisconsin where we don't have the death penalty, and they actually do get sentences reduced or even in some rare cases the death row inmate freed. It may be a depressing or stressful career but it may not be as bad as you are trying to make it out to be. Read what's posted below if you insist on trying to make up new metaphors. I'm not being picky. I'm making suggestions to help you be a better writer so that everyone can understand your points. [SIZE=5][B][/B] [B]met·a·phor[/B][/SIZE] [I]noun[/I] \ˈme-tə-ˌfȯr [I]also[/I] -fər\ : a word or phrase for one thing that is used to refer to another thing in order to show or suggest that they are similar : an object, activity, or idea that is used as a symbol of something else (How is being a death row attorney similar to believing that Ray Nitshcke became a sweetheart?) [B]Def[SIZE=5]inition of [I]METAPHOR[/I][/SIZE][/B] 1 [B]:[/B] a [URL='http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/figure%20of%20speech']figure of speech[/URL] in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or [URL='http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/analogy']analogy[/URL] between them (as in [I]drowning in money[/I]); [I]broadly[/I] [B]:[/B] figurative language — compare [URL='http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/simile']simile[/URL] 2 [B]:[/B] an object, activity, or idea treated as a metaphor [B]:[/B] [URL='http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/symbol']symbol[/URL]2 — [B]met·a·phor·ic[/B] or [B]met·a·phor·i·cal[/B] [I]adjective[/I] — [B]met·a·phor·i·cal·ly[/B] [I]adverb[/I] [URL='http://www.learnersdictionary.com/search/metaphor'][IMG]http://www.merriam-webster.com/styles/default/images/reference/external.jpg[/IMG] See metaphor defined for English-language learners »[/URL] [URL='http://www.wordcentral.com/cgi-bin/student?book=Student&va=metaphor']See metaphor defined for kids »[/URL] [SIZE=5][B]Examples of [I]METAPHOR[/I][/B][/SIZE] [LIST=1] [*]“He was drowning in paperwork” is a [I]metaphor[/I] in which having to deal with a lot of paperwork is being compared to drowning in an ocean of water. [*]Her poems include many imaginative [I]metaphors[/I]. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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