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Interpreting figurative language

Understand each item before testing yourself. Choose honestly whether it already feels familiar or needs practice.

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The metaphor suggests that…

State the inference invited by an image.

Example

The metaphor suggests that…

Interpret metaphor, idiom, and restrained irony in context, then respond without taking the image too literally or amplifying it irresponsibly.

The metaphor suggests that…
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State the inference invited by an image.
The metaphor suggests that…
It is not so much… as…
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Redirect a literal reading toward the intended meaning.
It is not so much… as…
The image also insinuates…
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Expose an additional, potentially unfair implication.
Yes, although the image also insinuates deliberate concealment, which the available evidence does not establish.
We can retain the concern without endorsing…
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Preserve a valid point while rejecting rhetorical excess.
We can retain the concern without endorsing the insinuation: the amendment may create powers whose later use is difficult to predict.
In less figurative terms,…
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Paraphrase imagery as a testable proposition.
In less figurative terms,…