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| Metaphors Dictionary | 
enlarge | Creator: Elyse Sommer Publisher: Visible Ink Press Category: Book
List Price: $32.95 Buy New: $19.92 You Save: $13.03 (40%)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 2 reviews Sales Rank: 62752
Media: Hardcover Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 672 Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.2 Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 7.3 x 1.8
ISBN: 1578591376 Dewey Decimal Number: 081 EAN: 9781578591374 ASIN: 1578591376
Publication Date: August 1, 2001 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Condition: Expedited shipping is not available for this item. Items are mailed via USPS media mail within 2 business days and should arrive 4-14 business days later.
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Rates a recommendation to lovers of language. – William Safire, New York Times. A masterful metaphor, like a picture, may be worth a thousand words. By comparing two unlike objects or ideas, it illuminates the similarities between them, accomplishing in a word or phrase what could otherwise be expressed only in many words, if at all. Metaphors Dictionary is an expansive collection of 6,500 colorful classic and contemporary comparative phrases (with full annotations and a complete bibliography of sources). The Metaphors Dictionary revisits most of the great and respected names in the annals of cultural literacy while dipping into current literature and media sources. And now available for the first time in hard cover, it’s bound for heavy duty at a price that’s hard to beat.
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Good for New Writers March 23, 2008 7 out of 10 found this review helpful
Has considerably enriched me as a writer. It's with me wherever I go. That's really all that needs to be said about it.
Indespensable for new writers March 24, 2007 13 out of 26 found this review helpful
Simply priceless: thorough, insightful, analytical, and easy to use.
Five stars. Amen
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