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How is the Allegory of the Cave a political metaphor?

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:41:32 +0000

Question by emerica223: How is the Allegory of the Cave a political metaphor?
Can someone give me a direct breakdown of how the Allegory of the Cave is a political metaphor with some quotes from the text possibly? Thanks a lot in advance.

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Answer by Kicked by a muse.
it depicts that peoples views are often governed by someone else,
and are often redirected in the same way,
as you have seen none of the people in the cave turned around by themselves,
someone had to make one of them turn in order to make the others take note and turn around

Sorry I can’t recall any text thouh

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What is a metaphor for the Kingdom of God?

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:42:09 +0000

Question by Maggie (:: What is a metaphor for the Kingdom of God?
This is for a project, I need to choose a metaphor for the Kingdom of God and expand upon it.
Sort of in this format: The Kingdom of God is like a homeless shelter, it takes in and accepts everyone.

But you know, a different one because that was the example lol. Thank you so much!

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Answer by Miguel
You can use mine: I am the Rainbow-DNA bandwidth of the world

I am the Diamond that powers the Sun….all things are a reflection through me.

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When summarizing an article is it ok to use the same metaphor as the original article?

admin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:42:04 +0000

Question by kddjaa_1116: When summarizing an article is it ok to use the same metaphor as the original article?
I have this assignment for my biology class to summarize two ecology article, but i’m having a hard time starting. And when i did get going i couldn’t think of a way of summarizing the metaphor the author used. Can I go ahead and metaphor or just find another way to explain myself?

And if you have some tips on summarizing in general, that would help too! >_< Thanks.

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Answer by MommyRonquillo
It is okay so long as the copied metaphor is in quotation marks and you give proper credit (citation). For example:

“And if you have some tips on summarizing in general, that would help too! >_<" (kddjaa_1116, para. 2)

If the article is more than one page, put the page # after the author's last name instead of the paragraph number.

you could say:
(Author of article) puts it like this: "________."
(Author of article) says, "________."

To summarize in general, just write the main points. To summarize your post, I would write:

In order to complete an assignment for biology, kddjaa_1116 needed to know if direct quotes could be used and s/he also asked for tips on summarization.

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Empowerment Metaphor #088: Synchronizing our Bridges

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:41:11 +0000

Metaphor is the natural language through which our intuition and emotions communicate with our intellect. Speaker Karen Morton presents “on location” videos in which she shares metaphors, demonstrating how our understanding of this intuitive language can both empower and guide us. Visit www.empowermentmetaphors.com for more content on empowerment and healthy balanced living.
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What extended metaphor can i use to describe an athlete?

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:41:40 +0000

Question by Hannah: What extended metaphor can i use to describe an athlete?
Paticularly a sprinter, i need an extended metaphor to decribe. For example (though i dont want to use this) : The sun – his smile was golden, legs like long rays, speed of light etc.

Answers appreciated.

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Answer by Jefe
It depends on what you want to convey about the sprinter. If you don’t like the sun rays metaphor, although I think it’s very appropriate, try a flustered puppet desperately pumping its legs (if the speaker is looking at him/her from afar), or describe him/her as one who wants to escape from a problem–perhaps you can see it in his/her expression, or a statue that suddenly comes to life.

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Beginning Adobe Flex Tutorial: Your first Flex Program Part I

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:41:22 +0000

www.learntoprogram.tv Follow me on Google+ www.MarkLassoff.com Follow me on Twitter @mlassoff Adobe Flex 3 is a development environment used to create both windows and desktop applications that can be run on Windows, Mac or Linux systems. Adobe Flex is used to create programs with Actionscript 3 and MXML. It is perfect for Rich Internet Application Development and is easy to learn– especially if you already know HTML or Actionscript programming. Adobe Flex 3 is similar to Flash, but the environment uses a screens metaphor instead of timeline metaphor for development. This tutorial takes you through developing your very first interactive application in Adobe Flex. The tutorial is in two parts. This is part one of two. If you’d like to see a written version of this tutorial it’s available on LearnToProgram.TV’s web site (www.LearnToProgram.TV). Please feel free to share this tutorial with others. This video is hosted by long time corporate technical trainer Mark Lassoff. In the tutorial Lassoff will guide you through creating three controls in ‘code’ mode and compiling and running your first Flash application. If you are interested in a full course on Adobe Flex, please contact LearnToProgram.TV.
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How do I change this simile into a metaphor?

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:40:56 +0000

Question by : How do I change this simile into a metaphor?
The simile is: You make me smile like the sun.
I just have no clue how to change it into a metaphor.

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Answer by Kitty
…I’m not quite sure… off the top of my head: ‘You make the sun into my smile’. Or ‘You make my smile the sun.’

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Tucson MASSACRE: Fuck Civility! – Penn Point

admin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:41:56 +0000

Hyperbole, passion, and metaphor are beautiful parts of rhetoric. The marketplace of ideas can not be toned down for the insane. Never Miss The Point – Subscribe for Free! www.youtube.com More episodes! www.youtube.com Twitter twitter.com Facebook facebook.com Penn on Twitter twitter.com Penn Point Homepage revision3.com ABOUT PENN POINT Penn Point is no ordinary vlog. It’s a virtual conversation about today’s hottest topics. Penn Point brings you a front row seat to Penn Jillette’s unique and passionate point of view in a compact vlog, four times a week!
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The “Java Jive”

admin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:41:41 +0000

“Java Jive” performed by the Mixed Metaphor Barbershop Quartet

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The Stepford Wives (1975) Supermarket Scene

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:40:59 +0000

This scene is such a strong metaphor for the plot that it was done again in the 2004 remake.

The Audi bird is a perfect metaphor for the new Audi A6 Avant’s ultra-lightweight construction, offering drivers a more agile and efficient performance. Flying nimbly through a surreal landscape populated with trees, flowers and fauna made from petrol pumps, road signs and traffic cones, the metal-framed bird boasts design elements that echo the A6 Avant — right down to its breast, which replicates the distinctive Audi grille. The hummingbird mischievously glides through its world to the strains of Johann Strauss’s Open Road, Open Sky sung by legendary American baritone and automobile lover John Charles Thomas. The animated film is directed by Oscar-nominated Daniel Barber.
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Ramayana AMV

admin — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 06:41:13 +0000

To understand the metaphor of the Ramayana, we need to grasp the old saying “the microcosm is a mirror of the Macrocosm”. For us as human beings, our feminine side is of an introversial nature, and our masculine side is of an extroversial nature. But for the Macrocosm, everything is in a reverse order, like a mirror image. For the Supreme Universal Consciousness, the Masculine side is the Introversial Force, and the Feminine side is the Extroversial Force. Here in the Ramayana, Ram represents the Supreme Masculine Introversial Force, and Sita represents our poor lost individual introversial nature. Our individual introversial nature has been stolen away by Ravan the ten-headed demon. Ravan represents the ten sensory and motor organs as they are always running towards the material world. In order for our individual introversial nature to be saved from the clutches of the ten extroversial sensory and motor organs, the Supreme Masculine Introversial Force must construct a bridge across the ocean of illusion. Each stone of the bridge has the Mantra carved on it, and the Mantra is the name of the Supreme Introversial Force. So let us use whatever name we associate with for the Supreme Introversial Force as our Mantra, and use it as our bridge to save our poor long-since neglected feminine introversial natures. This being the secret to meditation.
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What would the following scene be a metaphor of?

admin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:40:57 +0000

Question by Balaboo: What would the following scene be a metaphor of?
If the following was a metaphor, how would you interpret it?

You are on a bridge. There are ducks swimming in the water quacking and rocks on the riverbank.

Thanks.

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Answer by Kaped Krusader
That is not a metaphor. It is not comparing anything to anything else. It is an observation.

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Furyan – Rhythmic Metaphor

admin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:41:44 +0000

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Could you create a metaphor for my struggle?

admin — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 06:41:03 +0000

Question by wear the eyepatch: Could you create a metaphor for my struggle?
I am trying to answer a question for a guidance and counselling journal where i need to think of a struggle I am having in my life at present. I then need to create a metaphor to represent the struggle using words, images and/or analogies to tell my “story” of my relationship with this struggle.

What would be a common struggle and what metaphor could I use?

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Answer by ♥ Tokio Hotel ♥
Uhm, let me think.

People have trouble finding out who they really are. What they like or whatever instead of following the trends and flow.
As for the metaphor, you could use the link.

Other than that, people struggle to catch up with the current society and what is acceptable and what isn’t.

That’s all i can think of right now.

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Theo Parrish – Musical Metaphors, Carpet people

admin — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:42:18 +0000

Nice and deep sound of our man Theo Parrish:) Enjoy!
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TUBESTEAK GETS PUNCHED LIKE JOE BUDDEN! RAEKWON!

admin — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:41:01 +0000

RAP BATTLE FIGHT… This is a snippet from “BEEF 6″ (Now on bootleg, coming soon to DVD) In this section, North Carolina battle MC, Metaphor the Great two-pieces Tubesteak a/k/a The Filet Mignon Kid. “I don’t write rhymes. I punch niggas in the face!” Watch TUBESTEAK’s full verse at www.boondocksbootleg.com “BEEF 6″ IN STORES WHENEVA featuring Joe Budden, Rick Ross, DJ Vlad, GIllie King of Philly, Dehaven, Chris Brown, Rihianna, Rev Run, SGT. Gutta, Uncle Murda, NORE, Kanye West’s Interior Decorator, Darth Maul, Dehaven and Puff’s Baby Moms 1&2,
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English vision metaphor HAK

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:41:20 +0000

How a movie director is a metephor for a good leader. i do not own this photos or quotes.

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Shameful Metaphors by Chevelle

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:41:10 +0000

Shameful Metaphors by chevelle from Sci-Fi Crimes

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Q&A: What is an example of a simile, metaphor, and alliteration in a published poem?

admin — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:41:09 +0000

Question by Partygirl: What is an example of a simile, metaphor, and alliteration in a published poem?
I can’t find an example of a simile, metaphor, and alliteration in a published poem. Please tell me where you found it and what the author and poem title is. Please help me!!!!
I only need an example of alliteration now. And is ”My tonsils are as big as a rock” is that a simile or a metaphor??

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Answer by mrs.melheim
From “still i’ll rise” by Maya Angelou. “I dance like i’ve got diamonds at the meeting of my thighs.” She and her culture were oppressed but still she dances like she is a goddess, like something secret and special to get into. She doesn’t let oppression defeat her.

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What is an example of a simile, metaphor, and alliteration in a published poem?

admin — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:41:09 +0000

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What is the difference between symbol and metaphor?

admin — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 06:41:24 +0000

Question by Aaron: What is the difference between symbol and metaphor?
Please help me, i need this answered as soon as possible! please go into detail, just don’t say metaphor is a direct comparison.

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Answer by Ijustwantbackinyourhead
A symbol is like an object or visual object used to represent an idea. A metaphor is a play on words used to compare two things.

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Q&A: What would be a good running metaphor for gun control?

admin — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:41:53 +0000

Question by Abigail H: What would be a good running metaphor for gun control?
I have to give an oratory speech on gun control (the right to bear arms needs to be abolished) and therefore I need a running metaphor. Any suggestions?
okay, for information. I did not choose my topic, I do not believe guns need to be made illegal that is not what I am asking.

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Answer by XxNiAxX
How about Crime promotion?? Because that’s what gun control is. How about Violation of the Constitution?? Violation of our Rights??

Yeah, how about these metaphors?? I bet you voted for Obama.

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lil pobidansta ft slimmatrix-metaphor mayhem

admin — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 06:41:02 +0000

just a mad metaphor track with lil pobidansta and slimmatrix.

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How to go about writing a metaphor?

admin — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:41:01 +0000

Question by summerrrforeverrr: How to go about writing a metaphor?
I need to write a guiding metaphor for an english essay. The topic is tolerance. I know this should be easy, but I am trying to think a little deeper. It would be really helpful if someone would be willing to give me a couple of ideas or how to go about thinking of something comparable to tolerance.
Thanks in advance!

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Answer by Chloe Sandon
Ummm

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Q&A: How would you write an extended metaphor essay describing your writing style?

admin — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:41:01 +0000

Question by Jesykah-Anne: How would you write an extended metaphor essay describing your writing style?
After analyzing the poem “The Writer” my teacher asked us to write an essay or poem describing our writing style using an extended metaphor. My writing style would be like waterfalls. It starts with a couple ideas that flow along and then it just all comes to me at once and it really flows.

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Answer by Ted H
A could idea would be to brainstorm some phrases that you could use. Personally, I would choose the poem format because it requires less explanation.

So here are some ideas that came to my mind using your metaphor of the waterfall:

> the joy of the waters dancing as they cascade over the cliff representing the joy of being able to express yourself

> like different streams join in the flow, so thoughts come from different directions

> words rushing faster than the thoughts can carry them

> the waters bubble and swirl as the excitement of ideas that come to my mind

> the momentum of rushing water is as the passion that comes from expressing the force of what you really feel

> the sunshine plays on the waters and makes rainbows as the thoughts coming together produce new insights

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FLCL Promo

admin — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:41:27 +0000

The promotional commercial for the Anime FLCL aired by [Adult Swim]. It gives an accurate vibe for show’s themes and pace.

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Q&A: What is second amendment remedies a metaphor for?

admin — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:41:56 +0000

Question by Incognito: What is second amendment remedies a metaphor for?
I guess I don’t know what this metaphor means. Could you explain it to me?

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How can the ocean be a metaphor for writing?

admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:41:00 +0000

Question by patrick c: How can the ocean be a metaphor for writing?
I’m writing an essay about how my freshman year is like the ocean. Any ideas about how the ocean could be a metaphor for writing?

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Answer by newmommy1110
it can be wavy from al the crazy times you had calm at first ummm and unpredictable ! hope i helped a little

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Metal Gear Solid Part 3 – Cryptic Metaphor

admin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:41:04 +0000

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It is a performance of that can happen with the city of Berlin if the meteorite will fall to it.
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Q&A: How do the two stories “The Giver” and “Pleasantville” lend themselves to a “lack of color” metaphor?

admin — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 06:41:05 +0000

Question by andrew: How do the two stories “The Giver” and “Pleasantville” lend themselves to a “lack of color” metaphor?
Why was this metaphor used?What are the authors of both mediums trying to say with the use of the metaphor?

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Answer by Blyndde
In both stories all color was taken out. Things were both literally and metaphorically in black and white, as in either good or evil. It was a simpler world in both stories. You knew what to do and you didn’t ask why.

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