http://childhoodspeech.com Parenting A Multilingual Kid In A Multicultural Society Sun, 13 May 2012 18:29:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://childhoodspeech.com/2010/05/understanding-metaphors/ http://childhoodspeech.com/2010/05/understanding-metaphors/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 10:14:20 +0000 Hanifa K. Cook http://childhoodspeech.com/?p=3164

Definition: A metaphor, or commonly known as a figure of speech, is used as analogy of ideas and objects. It usually begins by transferring the same word into a new sentence, the sense of which changes with the subject matter. By itself, the meaning of the word remains unchanged but it somehow transforms itself when [...]]]> http://childhoodspeech.com/2010/05/understanding-metaphors/feed/ 5