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This tag should be used for questions about the usage of metaphors, a type of figure of speech that refers to one thing by mentioning another thing to for example show similarities between the two things and thereby helps the reader understand the idea that the author wants to express.
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What qualities should a good metaphor have?
Well, first off, it should be a metaphor, not a simile. :) Ahem...
A great metaphor recasts the familiar or mundane as something strikingly different yet truly parallel. … A bad metaphor fails to achieve the parallel, or the fresh insight, or both. The element of surprise is an important part of a great metaphor. …
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