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Analogy: finding similarities between two differing objects or situations.
Allegory: a story entirely based on symbolic metaphor.
Absolute/Paralogical: there is absolutely no connection between target domnain and vehicle.
Active/Novel/Unconventional: a new/novel, non-lexicalized metaphor.
Adjective: creating an enhanced metaphor, perhaps with a new/mixed meaning, also possibly hidden.
Adage: A saying, often with some truth, also possibly hidden.
Activity-as-Motion: A conventional metaphor in ehich activity is represented as motion.
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Catachresis: using a term to describe an instance where no other term properly exists.
Complex: the main metaphor is added upon via adjectives to make a double metaphor.
Compound/Loose: these are various addtions to the main metaphor, which can stand alone as clauses.
Causative: A type of hidden metaphor in the form of a verb.
Cognitive/Conceptual: the theory of metaphor acting at the level of thought (rather than spoken/written language), linking together two conceptual domains; this theory is used and adapted under other contexts (e.g. websites).
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Dead/Frozen/Conventional/Institutionalized: idiomatic expresssions which are a part of a culture's lexicon.
Dying: metaphor has become so over-used (cliched), there is an active decision not to use it.
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Extended/Conceit: acts as a primary vehicle where additional metaphors are added
upon it.
Epic: also known as a Homeric simile, this is used to either glorify a subject (in Homeric fashion), or added on to a vehicle for most decorative (and sometimes humorous) purposes.
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Implicit/Hidden/Implied/Unstated: the subject is implied from the utterance.
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Metonymy: a trop in which one entity is used to represent another associated entity.
Mixed: sometimes pitting metaphors together inappropriately, resulting in
possible comic effect.
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Nominative/Classic: In essence, all metaphors are nominative (nouns).
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Parable: a brief allegory (or story) meant to impart a moral lesson.
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Root: An over-arching metaphor that may not be mentioned in a tenor/vehicle sentence.
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Synecdoche: a part that is referred to, or understood as a whole.
Simile: comparison between two things using "like".
Simple/Tight: has a single link between garget/subject and vehicle.
Submerged: the vehicle used is a sub-division of a more commonly mapped vehicle.
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Therapeutic: Telling stories that make a change (mostly used in
psychology/mental health.
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Visual: Using concrete images, sometimes juxtaposed to each other, to create metaphoric relationships.