Sources and uses of comparisons-The use of animals to describe humans-The use of nature to describe abstractions-The use of nature to describe inner states-The use of nature and other sources to describe language-Human biology-Extreme people-Occupations-Extreme circumstances-The classical world and other sources of story-Architecture and other man-made things-Personification-The construction of similes-The construction of metaphors.
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