Assertion: metaphor | /r/HasProperty | phrase
Facets:
value: simply
type: MANNER
value: generally
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: A metaphor is generally just a phrase, but an allegory “extends” a metaphor (i.e. pigs as politicians) by drawing it out and using it to convey more complex beliefs or ideas.
text: A metaphor is a phrase that is symbolic of something else, in that way, a metaphor for prison would be something that describes being confined, such as a cage or an airtight container.
text: A metaphor is a word or phrase used to describe something as if it was something else.
text: Metaphor is a word or phrase that takes on the meaning of something else.
text: Aristotle's writings on metaphor constitute a "substitution view" of metaphor, wherein a metaphor is simply a decorative word or phrase substituted for a more ordinary one.
text: A metaphor is a word or phrase that describes something in a way that isn’t literally true yet works to help our understanding by way of providing comparison.
text: A metaphor is a word or phrase that is used to make a comparison between two things.
text: Getting back to our specific topic, metaphors are words or phrases that compare two things.