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Showing Original Post only (View all)Do they still teach the difference between simile and metaphor? I ask because... [View all]
... it has dawned on me that the only reason to teach such a thing outside of an advanced class in the technical analysis of writing is to give people something to prove that they're a member of the educated class. If you were taught this (and it is often referenced as an example of erudition), and are not some sort of writer or teacher of English, has it ever been of use to you?
I realize that my knowing the difference has given me a secret sense of superiority.
I hope it's been removed from the curriculum.
But I'm not happy about dropping cursive writing!
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Do they still teach the difference between simile and metaphor? I ask because... [View all]
LAS14
Nov 2019
OP
A metaphor compares two dissimilar things by linking them with a commonality.
TheBlackAdder
Nov 2019
#23
Metaphor if figurative and simile is literal (kind of--it doesn't pretend one is the other).
Cuthbert Allgood
Nov 2019
#18
Maybe, but what about knowing how to read it? E.g., parents/grandparents letters? nt
LAS14
Nov 2019
#15
For me what matters these days is that a person can learn anything they want to online.
abqtommy
Nov 2019
#14