Subject: Re: [FFML] Some more Bulwer-Lytton
From: dlangley@elk-grove.k12.il.us (Dianne Langley)
Date: 5/15/1997, 3:45 PM
To: fanfic@fanfic.com

*WARNING* _Horrible_ metaphors ahead ;)

<Snip really BAAAAADDD Buler-Lytton>

That's it. The story ACTUALLY sounds interesting if you exclude all those damn
metaphors ;)


-OneShot

OneShot, OneShot, OneShot.  Those weren't metaphors.  Those were
SIMILIES!!!!  Metaphors make comparisons by stating that one thing is
another (The road is a grey ribbon wrapped around the mountain.) while
similes use 'like' or 'as ... as' to make the comparison (The road is like a
grey ribbon wrapped around the mountain.).  In retrospect, I can't seem to
find one metaphor in that entry, and although there certainly were enough
similies, I noted a distinct lack of personifications.

Aack!  You sound just like my english teacher!  We had to do a whole story
using 3 metaphores, and 6 similies, and 3 personifications! <shudders>

Mako