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Visual metaphor

A visual metaphor is a metaphor the medium of which is visual. Like in any other metaphor, one part of it, usually named "source", applies to another part, usually named "target", and reconstructs it. The point is that the metaphorical application or reconstruction in visual metaphor is made by means of visual tools, forms and compositions. Shimon Levi's…

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Rhetorical uses

PersuadeRhetorical device
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Types

Abstract
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Advertising uses

Scripts
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Overview

MetaphorConceptual metaphorPictorialAnalogyConnotations
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Visual metaphor

Nodes16
Edges15
Triples17
Avg. degree1.88
Density0.125
Components1

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Visual metaphor

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related to Advertising uses · 7
Visual metaphor → Because, For, In, The, There, TV, Visual
related to Types · 6
Visual metaphor → For, Spatial, Stylistic, There, These, Visual
related to Rhetorical uses · 3
Visual metaphor → One, Visual, When
is a · 1
Visual metaphor → metaphor the medium of which is visual

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visual metaphor metaphors gal one advertising types source target made conceptual advertisements example specific used metaphorical also power persuade replacement

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Visual metaphoris ametaphor the medium of which is visual0.90text
Visual metaphorrelated to Advertising usesThere0.60section
Visual metaphorrelated to Advertising usesThe0.60section
Visual metaphorrelated to Advertising usesFor0.60section
Visual metaphorrelated to Advertising usesTV0.60section
Visual metaphorrelated to Advertising usesBecause0.60section
Visual metaphorrelated to Advertising usesIn0.60section
Visual metaphorrelated to Advertising usesVisual0.60section
Visual metaphorrelated to Rhetorical usesOne0.60section
Visual metaphorrelated to Rhetorical usesVisual0.60section
Visual metaphorrelated to Rhetorical usesWhen0.60section
Visual metaphorrelated to TypesVisual0.60section

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