Implied Metaphors: An Unmentioned Comparison

·  Samuel brayed his refusal to leave the party peacefully. (Compares Samuel to a…)

·  Angrily Sonia barked commands at her child. (Compares Sonia to a…)

·  Andy’s wife asked him to fetch their dinner. (Compares Andy to a …)

·  Tony tucked his tail and ran. (Compares Tony to a scared …)

·  Beth was drowning in love. (Compares Beth to someone drowning and compares love to …)

·  Jennifer purred over the lavish present. (Compares Jennifer to a …)

·  The Porsche crouched before the race, growling in anticipation. (Compares the Porsche to a …)

·  Alex was chomping at the bit to have his turn. (Compares Alex to a …)

·  Harry squawked when the teacher ordered him to detention. (Compares Harry to a …)

·  Elmer galloped to the store. (Compares Elmer to a …)

·  Fred’s complements nourished Wanda’s bruised ego. (Compares Fred’s words to …)

·  She lured him into her web. (Compares her to a …)

·  Wanda sailed through her exams in no time. (Compares Wanda to a …)

·  At the party, the men orbited the gregarious woman. (Compares men to …)

·  The paparazzi circled over the young singing sensation. (Compares paparazzi to …)

·  She cackled at the kids as they fell off their bikes. (Compares her to a …)

·  The hostess spent the entire party buzzing from table to table. (Compares the hostess to a … or …)

·  Justin’s smile radiated throughout the room. (Compares Justin’s smile to the …)

·  The snow swaddled the hillside. (Compares snow to a … and the hillside to a …)

·  Philip’s anger grew until it erupted. (Compares anger to a…)

·  The colors of the sunset were leafy orange and yellow. (Compares the sunset to autumn …)

·  To keep the peace, Alice steered away from confrontation. (Compares Alice to a …)

·  The pregnant woman waddled into the delivery room. (Compares a pregnant woman to a … or …)

·  "Science is dangerous; we have to keep it most carefully chained and muzzled."Brave New Worldby Aldous Huxley, p. 225 (Compares science to a vicious …)

·  Armando slithered to Doris and hissed, “I am here, dear.” (Compares Armando to a …)

·  Love sometimes has dangerous thorns. (Compares love to a …)

·  Ahmed wound his way through the crowd to get a better view. (Compares Ahmed to an … or other …)

·  Bigotry infects the soul. (Compares bigotry to a …)

·  Leila’s thoughtless remarks slashed his ego. (Compares remarks to a …)

·  The couple shed their clothes and jumped into the hot springs. (Compares the couple to … shedding their skins)