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Metaphor is used in ________.

A、… had bequeathed to us tablets of stone commanding that nothing in television shall ever require more than a few moments’ concentration.

B、Who can quarrel with a medium that so brilliantly packages escapist entertainment as a mass-marketing tool?

C、… force feeding on trivial fare is not itself a trivial matter.

D、… and I fear that … and our appetite for complexity are only dimly perceived.

Which of the following words is NOT used metaphorically?

A．Sprawling(Paragraph Three).

B．Blossomed(Paragraph Three).

C．Pokes(Paragraph Seven).

D．Nestled(Paragraph Seven).

The meaning of the love-is-a-rose metaphor is that ______.

A．love is a true joy

B．true love comes once in a lifetime

C．love does not last long

D．love is both good and bad experiences

According to Lakoff and Johnson, which of the following statements is not true?

A.Metaphor is used just for artistic and esthetic purpose.

B.Metaphor is used effortlessly in everyday life.

C.Metaphor is a property of concepts, and not of words.

D.Metaphor is often not based on similarity.

Metaphor is an essential element in our categorization of the world and our thinking process. ()

What kind of techniques has the author used by taking the example of "a pencil"?

A．Metaphor.

B．Simile.

C．Analogy.

D．Association.

What kind of techniques has the author used by taking the example of "a pencil '9

A．metaphor

B．simile

C．metaphor

D．association

How do you understand metaphorically that Robert Frost enjoys “the straight crookedness of a good walking stick” in his metrical design？

A.It means that Frost enjoys writing poetry with a tone that is crookedly straight.

B.It means that Frost enjoys combining poetic meters with his speaking tone of voice in his poetry.

C.It means that Frost enjoys writing poetry with a tone that is straightly crooked.

D.It means that Frost enjoys writing poetry with a meter that is of straight crookedness.

A、Unlike simile, metaphor does not contain the words “like” or “as.”

B、Metaphor is an implicit comparison between things that are essentially different yet have something in common.

C、Metaphors make it clear and obvious that you are comparing something to something else.

D、none of the above

The author uses which of the following in presenting his argument?

A．animadversion

B．metaphor

C．irony

D．digression

E．experimental evidence