ElementClaws of deathTongue of a state
Named targetDeathCondition
Unstated sourcePredatorSpeaking person
Named attributeClawsTongue
Communicated effectSevere gripTestimony of circumstances
In both, an attribute hints at a source that is not overtly named. Yet the rhetorical purposes differ: one creates dread and helplessness, the other dramatizes testimony supplied by circumstances. A shared structural mechanism does not erase the importance of each example's context.
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Implicit and Imaginative Metaphor: Definitions, Core Examples, and Analysis
ElementClaws of deathTongue of a state
Named targetDeathCondition
Unstated sourcePredatorSpeaking person
Named attributeClawsTongue
Communicated effectSevere gripTestimony of circumstances
In both, an attribute hints at a source that is not overtly named. Yet the rhetorical purposes differ: one creates dread and helplessness, the other dramatizes testimony supplied by circumstances. A shared structural mechanism does not erase the importance of each example's context.