METAPHORS :: Essays Papers

METAPHORSI have usually found indite papers to be a stuggle, but this paper was different. At freshman I was intimidated by the fact that it had to be an analysis of ones profess writing pertaining to a specific discourse, but then once I saw the opportunity for creativity, the paper seemed fun and interesting. It gave me an opportunity to focus on the things I alike(p) about writing, the things that to me make writing an art contour containing beauty and exemption. Words are groups of mixed and matched letters which create sentences. The supra words and analagous words are silly-putty that one can maneuver into all shape, size, or form one chooses. Manueuvering these words to express ideas in a different way would describe a metaphor. Metaphors can help communicate a thought, or make a transition among ideas smoother like a football that glides through the air from one player to the next.I find there is an excitement in taking words, as Websters dictionary puts it, taking, u nits of language...typically seen as the smallest such units of space...distinguished phonetically..., and making metaphors creating words into brief arcseconds for someone else to experience. Everyone in his/her life, at one time or another has had a minute of arc when they have been left speechless. A moment on a decrease overlooking fierce, untamed waters, a sunset that sends blinding sparks off urban buildings, or a basketball game in which the underdog triumphs in the utmost seconds -- there is at least one time that everyone sees or perceives a sight that to them, is awesome. Something that in ones mind is distinguishable from any other moment and is too breathtaking, scary, or cool to describe in common phraseology or phrasiology, for the emotions or feelings involved in that moment would not recieve receivable justice.People behold scenes differently, so metaphors can vary greatly in the degree of imagery and the amount of emotion they elicit. This implies that they ap peal to a big discourse community rather than academic writing, unlike Jennifer Gebeleins term paper, Giardia, which because of its reputation has a more selective community. The discourse community, the writers and reader of metaphors may figure of speech from a seventh grade reading class to the C.E.O. of an international company.This emphasizes the freedom that is allowed with metaphors, the fact that metaphors hold no boundaries on audience or creativity. As with any form of freedom, risk is involved.