English help material

Today will discover some English language related topics used by Tutors in Home tuition and group classes.

Will begin with “metaphor”
It's meaning varies according to domain, so practitioners in linguistics, psychology, literature, and anthropology might
use the term slightly differently.

Let us understand that  Metaphors are a non-literal use of
language; for example, when we say that “my dog flew across the gar-
den to chase the squirrel,” we do not mean that the dog literally grew
wings and flew.

Metaphors can be seen as a super-category of all such
uses of language, including analogy and simile. In this book, I focus on
the use of metaphors as an educational tool rather than on their use in
shaping our relationships with the world. In this context, metaphors act
as analogies that allow us to map from a familiar domain in order to
understand an unfamiliar domain.

So next time be cautious while using metaphor as literary device in respect to domains except English language. 

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