Difference between metaphor and symbolism? (1 Viewer)

[Dota55]

Can someone clarify?


Oh, and can someone also clarify the difference between allegory and allusion?

 

[bassistx]

Can someone clarify?


Oh, and can someone also clarify the difference between allegory and allusion?

*bangs head on keyboard*
Why are you doing Advanced English if you don't know the basics?

 

[Dota55]

*bangs head on keyboard*
Why are you doing Advanced English if you don't know the basics?

I do know what an allegory and an allusion is...

but they seem pretty similar to me....but they can't be the same. So i'm asking someone to clarify....

 

[Tulipa]

Metaphor: an indirect comparison between two or more seemingly unrelated subjects that typically uses "is a" to join the first subjects

Symbolism: using something specific to stand for something else, especially an idea. So it's representation instead of comparison.

Allegory: a figurative mode of representation conveying a meaning other than the literal. In other words, it's all about the figurative rather than the literal connotations of a phrase.

Allusion: a stylistic device in which one refers covertly or indirectly to an object or circumstance that has occurred or existed in an external context. So in other words, a reference to something outside the scope of the story being told.

 

[bassistx]

I'm not going to waste my time explaining, but I'll give you a starting point (which you should have already tried).

Allegory
Allusion
Metaphor
Symbolism

 

[Tulipa]

I'm not going to waste my time explaining, but I'll give you a starting point (which you should have already tried).

Allegory
Allusion
Metaphor
Symbolism

Yeah for him, those definitions aren't really going to help.

So I paraphrased them above.

 

[Rhanoct]

Note that metaphors aren't always as obvious as "is a"; they can be very subtle.

Symbolism is also pretty difficult to identify in texts as it requires some analytical thinking- e.g. recognising a butterfly as a symbol of nature, innocence, etc.

 

[bassistx]

It's a her.

 

[Paj20]

*bangs head on keyboard*
Why are you doing Advanced English if you don't know the basics?

lol your a great help to qstions...

 

[bassistx]

lol your a great help to qstions...

I don't want to spam this thread, but I just had to make it clear that if you don't know the basics, you're not going to do very well.

 

[ccc123]

*bangs head on keyboard*
Why are you doing Advanced English if you don't know the basics?

Lol. I actually agree with you bassistx. There are a lot of people who simply shouldn't be doing Advanced. Then again, the poor kid was just looking for clarification

 

[onlinenooby]

lol

 

[Bobness]

Lol. I actually agree with you bassistx. There are a lot of people who simply shouldn't be doing Advanced. Then again, the poor kid was just looking for clarification

I disagree, at certain schools english advanced is the lowest level of english available.

Also, i have taught many students who have gone on to school the top band for english advanced and extensions in the HSC and did not understand (fluently) some of the basics. HSC English is not an accurate indicator of ability, but rather a test of how well you can fulfil the expectations of subject rubrics.

(If you did want a holistic experience in literature however you would study university level english, so not all hope is lost )