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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Poetry
A mixed metaphor exists when one or more of the elements of a metaphor don't
belong together. Writing a mixed metaphor is like hitting the wrong note in a
symphony, and is as obvious to a keen reader of a poem as the wrong note is to
the ...
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Metaphors Dead and Alive, Sleeping and Waking: A Dynamic View
Let us now turn to a more systematic analysis of the semantic structure of three
cases of mixed metaphor and see if we can arrive at a more precise account of
why mixed metaphors do not make sense. The examples to be considered are ...
This information, communicated precisely by the mixed metaphor — we might
say: category mistake — lends (13) much of its power as a metaphor. In (12), on
the other hand, there is no comparable redeeming information conveyed by the ...
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Motives for
Metaphor: Literacy, Curriculum Reform, and the ...
mixed metaphor offered by the Holt (“Management extended an olive branch in
an attempt to break some of the ice between the company and the striking
workers”) does not necessarily, as this handbook suggests, “leave readers
wondering ...
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Beyond
Metaphor: The Theory of Tropes in Anthropology
A typical example of the prohibition of mixed metaphor is that of Thomas Gibbons
, in his 1767 treatise on rhetorical tropes. Gibbons calls mixed metaphors
disgustful, spoiled, repugnant, absurd, and miserable incongruities, and writes
that ...
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Aesthetics, Problems in the Philosophy of Criticism
14-D MIXED METAPHOR. Some special problems of style are presented by the
so-called "mixed metaphor." The first question concerns the distinction between
metaphors that are mixed and those that are not. Very often, "mixed" is defined ...
Monroe C. Beardsley, 1981
MIXED METAPHOR (205) brow by distress. Readers and theatergoers storm
upon these meanings in a flash, without having to unpack them in the laborious
way I have just done. Actually, there is a way in which mixed metaphor is
perfectly ...
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Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques No Fiction Writer ...
For example, a simple mixed metaphor: “At last the sun set on this chapter of his
life.” Where the simple metaphor leaves off and the extended metaphor begins is
one of those gray areas of terminology. The next example begins as an ...
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Philosophical Perspectives on
Metaphor
Consider again our example 4: In uttering, "Sally is a block of ice", we referred to
Sally using her proper name literally, but we need not have. Suppose, to use a
mixed metaphor, we refer to Sally as "the bad news". We could then say, using a
...
If the vehicle speaks of more than one thing at a time, we have a mixed metaphor,
unless the two or more things are close kin. The five metaphors from Antony and
Cleopatra are not mixed, they are serial, one then another then another to a ...
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... to decide if they want to shit, get off the pot, dance, hold up the wall, or any other variety of mixed metaphor you'd like to throw at the situation. «Viva El Birdos, Июл 15»
THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE: All the gold in California?
You should pardon the mixed metaphor, but a truly great wine must ... You should pardon the mixed metaphor, but a truly great wine must ... «Bucks Local News, Июл 15»
Review: Egypt's Boy King Mans Up for a Spike Mini-Series
... this wonderfully mixed metaphor, in reference to an epidemic: “This sickness grows like a dam within those walls. Soon it will burst forth like a ... «New York Times, Июл 15»
A 'Trainwreck' You Can Laugh At
Pardon the mixed metaphor, but the lioness that is her girls-just-wanna-have-fun setup and the sheep that is his oh-grow-up denouement is like ... «Truthdig, Июл 15»
Exposé: Settlements Frozen as Netanyahu Strikes Secret Deals with …
But that concession was just the tip of the iceberg in thawing Israeli-Palestinian relations (mixed metaphor in the original Walla story). This new ... «The Jewish Press, Июл 15»
Star Wars: Dark Disciple Review
One mixed metaphor about onion-shaped buildings is particularly contradictory. The novel clearly spells out that Ventress uses her flirtation as ... «Den of Geek!, Июл 15»
DELHI deserves a REFERENDUM
... everybody has his or her nose in the feeding trough (the mixed metaphor may be excused in the interest of conveying the precise meaning!). «Hill Post, Июл 15»
Learning the Ropes
“Baa baaa baaa,” bleats CNN's Mark Mooney mockingly in another tweet (you'll pardon the mixed metaphor). “Can't believe the press ... «Wall Street Journal, Июл 15»
Peas in your guacamole? The long, strange recipe trip
He dubbed the dish a “culinary mixed metaphor” and, more importantly, found it “tasteless.” Best of all, he used the unsuccessful dish as a ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Июл 15»
Montclair Times Cannon Fodder: English, the next dead language?
And if you noticed the mixed metaphor in that last sentence, congratulations - you can stop reading here. But for the rest of you, listen up, there ... «NorthJersey.com, Июл 15»
