Vicki Murphys Use Of Metaphors

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Vicki Murphy is an award-winning blogger and writer. In this current work she writes about her experience of being a mother of two young children who are constantly in her vicinity. Murphy uses multiple metaphors, allusions and parallel structure to express her life as a mother trying to write while children are around. An example of her use of metaphors is shown when she compares her son chewing like a “BABY GOAT” showing her humorous side. Comparing her son to a goat could be a connection to how young her child is to where they would chew like that. This shows some insight to what she sees while working which leads to distractions showing how hard a mother has to work compared to other writers. Living in an environment full of children can

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