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Metaphor — OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE Classics · key term

Metaphor

Definition

A comparison that describes one thing as another without explicitly using ‘like’ or ‘as’.

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OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation · J199

Paper 5

Revise: Narrative Techniques, Style and the Divine in War Literature

OCR Classical Civilisation past papers

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