Metaphor Use is a rhetorical device in political speechwriting that frames abstract political ideas by mapping them onto more concrete or familiar domains through implicit comparison, thereby shaping audience perception and interpretation.
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Metaphors We Think With: The Role of Metaphor in Reasoning
Paul H. Thibodeau, Lera Boroditsky · PLoS ONE · 2011 · 1.1K citations · Full text
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