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Rufistar Veteran Fantagian
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| Subject: Help please? (homework) Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:19 pm | |
| Think about the word orbit. Can you use it metaphorically? Write a short paragraph using orbit metaphorically.
I know what a metaphor is and everything, but I have no idea how to write a paragraph using the word orbit "metaphorically".
I tried Google but it didn't work. I have no idea what to do. Help? | |
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| Subject: Re: Help please? (homework) Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:31 pm | |
| Wow that seems really hard. Uh I dunno try something like this...? "The classroom was in perfect order, like the orbit of the solar system" I have no idea so eh.... |
| | | Oliver Moderator
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| Subject: Re: Help please? (homework) Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:34 pm | |
| ^^thats a simile
try something like "he was the orbit, always going in the exact same directions, barely ever trying anything new" something like that
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| | | o Veteran Fantagian
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| Subject: Re: Help please? (homework) Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:44 pm | |
| i'm not sure if this counts as metaphor, but...
"ideas float around in my head, in their eternal orbit."
oliver has a really good one, though! | |
| | | Oliver Moderator
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| Subject: Re: Help please? (homework) Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:46 pm | |
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| Subject: Re: Help please? (homework) Thu Apr 04, 2013 8:52 pm | |
| - Oliver wrote:
- ^^thats a simile
try something like "he was an orbit, always going in the exact same directions, barely ever trying anything new" something like that OTL I keep getting the two mixed up... But Oliver's and Blu's suggestion's were really good. You should try something like those. |
| | | o Veteran Fantagian
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| Subject: Re: Help please? (homework) Thu Apr 04, 2013 9:01 pm | |
| - Candlelit wrote:
- Oliver wrote:
- ^^thats a simile
try something like "he was an orbit, always going in the exact same directions, barely ever trying anything new" something like that OTL I keep getting the two mixed up...
But Oliver's and Blu's suggestion's were really good. You should try something like those. yeah they're both really similar! just keep in mind that similes us like or as and metaphors use more literal words (eg. is, are, etc.). | |
| | | Bloobu Dedicated Fantagian
Posts : 1100 Join date : 2010-06-05 Age : 24
| Subject: Re: Help please? (homework) Fri Apr 05, 2013 1:57 am | |
| For the short paragraph on how to use 'orbit' in a paragraph, describe what an orbit is, and the functions which allow it to be used as an metaphor. For example:
An orbit is where an object circles around another, keeping the same distance and direction. This can be used metaphorically if you wish to describe someone, or something, to be moving in an arc around another object.
Then you can just smoosh in an example like the beautiful ones posted earlier. Good luck! c; | |
| | | Relora Hero Fantagian
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| Subject: Re: Help please? (homework) Fri Apr 05, 2013 7:56 am | |
| - Candlelit wrote:
- Oliver wrote:
- ^^thats a simile
try something like "he was an orbit, always going in the exact same directions, barely ever trying anything new" something like that OTL I keep getting the two mixed up...
But Oliver's and Blu's suggestion's were really good. You should try something like those. While both compare things, similes use like or as where as metaphors do not c: Everyone's suggestions are really good :3 | |
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