Chapter 9, Questions 1-6

1. Define the following terms: metaphor, simile, metonymy, synecdoche.
Metaphor: based on analogy and similarity, when we speak of somthing in terms of another
Simile: Also an analogy, used to compare one thing to another
Metonymy: based on association, associating one thing to another, where one concept implies somthing else.
Synecdoche: Also an association, you use a word to represent something else.

2. Defend or attack the notion that our conceptual system is fundamentally metaphoric.
I agree with this notion, unknowingly we use metaphors everyday. We use it when we are communicating with people and when we think about something. It is an unconscious thing that everyone does.

3. Give some examples of how metaphor may affect everyday behavior.
When a man is thinking about a women that he desires, he might think in metaphors about her, or to her when he is writing her a love note.

4. What is a concept? How do concepts affect our behaviors?
Concepts are ideas and they could affect the way we think about something or someone, therefore affects our behavior towards it.

5. How can a sanke be both a metaphoric and metonymic?
A snake is often a metaphor for a penis and is also metonymic to the Garden of Eden.

6. Discuss the implications of specific metaphors. Find ones that are intersting.
We have to be aware of different metaphors because they could mean something important to our lives, and for communicating. For example the metaphor, the lawyer grilled the witness on the stand, implies that the lawyer is very tough and hard and will ask tough questions. Another example is, boiling mad, this implies that this person is extremely mad, not just a little but very very mad.