Answer: According to the I.A. Richards, two technical terms associated with the metaphor are tenor and vehicle. Metaphor is a figure of speech which is used to compare two different objects.

Synaesthesis is defined as our readiness “to take any direction we choose”, but in synaesthesis evidently we do not choose. Presumably if we did choose and acted upon that choice, that very fact would indicate that the supposed state of synaesthesis was illusory, not real.

To that end, effective critical work required a closer aesthetic interpretation of the literary text as an object. To substantiate interpretive criticism, Richards provided theories of metaphor, value, and tone, of stock response, incipient action, and pseudo-statement; and of ambiguity.

A primary tenet of this theory is that metaphors are matter of thought and not merely of language: hence, the term conceptual metaphor. Conceptual metaphors typically employ a more abstract concept as target and a more concrete or physical concept as their source.

Similes and metaphors are often confused with one another. The main difference between a simile and metaphor is that a simile uses the words “like” or “as” to draw a comparison and a metaphor simply states the comparison without using “like” or “as”.

Often, we can use both ‘as’ and ‘like’ to talk about similarity. I love coffee, like Julie / I love coffee, like Julie does.

We should use like either as a preposition to demonstrate a resemblance between two things or as a verb to express a preference. In sentence 4, “like Greta Garbo” is a prepositional phrase. In sentence 5, like is the verb in the main clause, and as though is the conjunction launching the subordinate (dependent) clause.

In a formal environment, “as to” will usually be more suitable regardless of whether you respect or disrespect the subject, while in an informal situation “as for” will be preferred so that you don’t sound “stiff”.

As means like or in the capacity of when used as a preposition. As is also used as an adverb. It means to such an extent or degree. Has means the present tense third-person singular form of have when used as a verb.

While the verb to have has many different meanings, its primary meaning is “to possess, own, hold for use, or contain.” Have and has indicate possession in the present tense (describing events that are currently happening). Have is used with the pronouns I, you, we, and they, while has is used with he, she, and it.

As sentence example

• She’s as perfect as she can be.
• Her face warmed as she thought of it.
• As she left the kitchen, his voice followed her.
• For a few minutes they held on to each other, kissing as if they hadn’t seen each other in a week.
• He pulled away from her, propping up on an elbow as he studied her face.