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### Description
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A **metaphor** is a figure of speech in which someone speaks of one thing as if it were a different thing because he wants people to think about how those two things are alike.
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For example, someone might say:
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* The girl I love is a red rose.
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* The girl I love is a red rose.
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A girl and a rose are very different things, but the speaker considers that they are alike in some way. The hearer’s task is to understand in what way they are alike.
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Every metaphor has three parts:
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* The **Topic**, the item being immediately discussed by the writer/speaker.
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* The **Topic**, the item being immediately discussed by the writer/speaker.
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* The **Image**, the physical item (object, event, action, etc.) which the speaker uses to describe the topic.
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* The **Image**, the physical item (object, event, action, etc.) which the speaker uses to describe the topic.
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* The **Idea**, the abstract concept or quality that the physical **Image** brings to the mind of the hearer when he thinks of how the **Image** and the **Topic** are similar. Often, the **Idea** of a metaphor is not explicitly stated in the Bible, but it is only implied from the context. The hearer or reader usually needs to think of the **Idea** himself.
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* The **Idea**, the abstract concept or quality that the physical **Image** brings to the mind of the hearer when he thinks of how the **Image** and the **Topic** are similar. Often, the **Idea** of a metaphor is not explicitly stated in the Bible, but it is only implied from the context. The hearer or reader usually needs to think of the **Idea** himself.
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Using these terms, we can say that a **metaphor** is a figure of speech that uses a physical **Image** to apply an abstract **Idea** to the speaker’s **Topic**.
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