AnalysisFocusRhetorical result
Implicit metaphorDeath is covertly likened to a predatorThe predator remains unstated
Imaginative attributionClaws are imagined for deathAn abstract reality becomes vivid
Specific explicit-metaphor reading“Claws” is used for a hypothetical claw-like formA transferred word is identified
The readings share the governing scene but differ on the location of metaphorical transfer. Memorizing labels is insufficient unless the analyzed word, subject, and associated feature are also identified.