Comparing Similes And Metaphors Like Television, Social Media

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Comparing any two like things is very common in natural conversation and especially advertisements. Similes and metaphors run rampant in multiple mediums like television, social media, and print ads. These comparisons need to have some relevant bond or similarity in their characteristics order for them to make sense. Otherwise they fail to convince us and in turn, the message is lost. When the comparison is too different or unalike, we have conclude that it is a false analogy. A false analogy is another fallacy in relation to its reasoning. False analogies are when someone or something compares two things that are not alike in significant respects, or having critical points of difference (Allman, 2016). This sample clip provided is of a Mercedes-Benz

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