LessonsSix Kinds of Metaphor by Source, Target, and Common FeatureQuiz

ExampleSource → targetFeature
Calf-shaped bodySensory → sensorySensory form
Day stripped from nightSensory → sensoryConceptual sequence
A sun meaning a person (beauty and eminence)Sensory → sensoryMixed
Our resting placeConceptual → conceptualConceptual
Proclaim what you are commandedSensory → conceptualConceptual
The water transgressedConceptual → sensoryConceptual

The examples fill all six analytical slots. They also show why a conceptual common feature is not a complete category by itself: the direction and nature of both relata remain important.

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Worked classification of all five principal examples

Six Kinds of Metaphor by Source, Target, and Common Feature

ExampleSource → targetFeature
Calf-shaped bodySensory → sensorySensory form
Day stripped from nightSensory → sensoryConceptual sequence
A sun meaning a person (beauty and eminence)Sensory → sensoryMixed
Our resting placeConceptual → conceptualConceptual
Proclaim what you are commandedSensory → conceptualConceptual
The water transgressedConceptual → sensoryConceptual

The examples fill all six analytical slots. They also show why a conceptual common feature is not a complete category by itself: the direction and nature of both relata remain important.