Word.ws English Dictionary

extended metaphor

extended metaphor noun: a metaphor that is continued over multiple sentences.

Noun

extended metaphor (plural extended metaphors)

  1. (rhetoric) A metaphor that is continued over multiple sentences.
    • Having considered the use of extended metaphor and narrative in two Blake poems, we are now ready to discuss a recent cognitive reading of a third poem, “A Poison Tree”, focussing on metaphor and allegory (Crisp 2008).2012, Monika Fludernik, Beyond Cognitive Metaphor Theory: Perspectives on Literary Metaphor, Routledge, →ISBN, page 101
    Synonyms:
    conceit, megametaphor

Synonyms of extended metaphor

Forms of extended metaphor

pluralextended metaphors

Questions about extended metaphor

What does extended metaphor mean?
Extended metaphor means a metaphor that is continued over multiple sentences.
What part of speech is extended metaphor?
Extended metaphor is a noun.
What is the plural of extended metaphor?
The plural of extended metaphor is extended metaphors.

Words near extended metaphor in the dictionary

  1. extended household
  2. extended households
  3. extended keyboard
  4. extended keyboards
  5. extended memory
  6. extended metaphor
  7. extended metaphors
  8. extended one's hand
  9. extended order drill
  10. extended periodic table
  11. extended periodic tables

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: extended metaphor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “extended metaphor.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/extended_metaphor. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.