what literary element is this... metaphor similie or personification
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giving her the strength to hold on to life
you cant hold on to life so is it personification????????
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updated Jan 9, 2011
posted by nickig21
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Yo no se, pero it's neither metaphor nor similie...
updated Jan 9, 2011
posted by afowen
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Yes, it's metaphor. From Wikepedia:
A dead metaphor is one in which the sense of a transferred image is absent. Examples: "to grasp a concept" and "to gather what you've understood" use physical action as a metaphor for understanding. Most people do not visualize the action — dead metaphors normally go unnoticed. Some people distinguish between a dead metaphor and a cliché. Others use "dead metaphor" to denote both.
updated Jan 9, 2011
posted by Sabor
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It can't be a simile because there is no "like" or "as".
updated Jan 9, 2011
posted by Leatha
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To me it is a metaphor.
updated Jan 9, 2011
posted by lazarus1907
