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Types of metaphor
Techniques > Use of language > Metaphor > Types of metaphor
Metaphors can be classified in a range of different ways, based on various criteria, from complexity to level of usage.
- Absolute metaphor: Separated subject and vehicle.
- Active metaphor: New and not established.
- Complex metaphor: Multi-layered.
- Compound metaphor: With many parts.
- Dead metaphor: Normal language, no longer recognized as metaphor.
- Dormant metaphor: Weak connection between vehicle and subject.
- Dying metaphor: Unfashionable cliché.
- Extended metaphor: One subject, many sub-elements.
- Implicit metaphor: Incomplete description.
- Mixed metaphor: Mismatched combination of metaphors.
- Pataphor: Extreme form of metaphor.
- Root metaphor: Unrealized basic driver.
- Simple metaphor: Single meaning and linkage.
- Submerged metaphor: Use a part as a metaphor for something else.
- Synechdochic metaphor: Use a part as metaphor for the whole.
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