AP Language and Composition Test Study Guide - Figurative Language Part 1

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Many dead metaphors are clichés certainly; however, some dead metaphors are so common we don't even recognize those phrases as metaphor or clichés, they've just become part of the language. Much of our current vernacular could be traced to metaphor, some theories would say almost all language is in some way metaphorical, and it is hard to follow the same train of thought to think much of our language is cliché. The two terms intertwine quite a bit, but should be kept with distinctions.

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Wouldn't a dead metaphor also be cliche?