8 Creative metaphor styles to spice up your writing

Red Section Separator By Aditya Shukla, Psychology Author

War metaphors

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Cooking metaphors

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Gaming metaphors

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Business metaphors

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Music metaphors

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Ocean metaphors

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Space metaphors

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Internet metaphors

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