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The rumor that I moved to Portland, Ore., solely because of the restaurants is only slightly exaggerated.… Read the full article
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The rumor that I moved to Portland, Ore., solely because of the restaurants is only slightly exaggerated.… Read the full article
In Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane, Andrew Graham-Dixon compares the artist to the light lights and dark darks of his paintings.… Read the full article
Find analogies, metaphors and similes at GistOut. This site uses Google Custom Search to find metaphors for your topic that have appeared online.… Read the full article
In A Writer’s Coach, Jack Hart shares this story:
“In A Moveable Feast Hemingway recalls the days when he and Fitzgerald careered through the Spanish countryside in an open car, playing the metaphor game.… Read the full article
Once you come up with an analogy, you can make more of your metaphor by extending it.
“If you want to try an extended metaphor, think carefully about your comparison entity,” writes Nancy Kress in Writer’s Digest.… Read the full article
After 15 years of schlepping books from sea to shining sea, I can now fit all of my reading materials into my purse, thanks to Kindle.… Read the full article
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