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Keep a suitable fire extinguisher or fire blanket in a handy place.
A fire blanket or damp cloth should be used on a fat pan fire.
An electric fly zapper, insurance rated fire extinguishers and fire blanket together with luminous signs and First Aid stations.
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Every sentence must have a subject and a verb to be complete. But what happens if your sentence has two subjects performing the same action — or a subject performing two different actions? Compound subjects and compound predicates can add variety and depth to your writing. Learn more about these parts of a sentence before diving into specific examples using compound subjects and verbs.
An implied metaphor is a type of metaphor that compares two unlike things without mentioning one of them. For example, “Elise finally lured Adam into her web.” In this line, we know what Elise is being compared to a spider, but it isn’t expressly stated.
When looking at examples of implied metaphors, you’ll see they’re slightly different from regular metaphors because they don’t specifically state what they’re comparing.
For example, “My Dad is my rock,” expressly compares a father to a rock, something solid and sturdy. This is quite different from, “Harry crumbled under the pressure,” where it’s implied the man couldn’t cope with pressure, by comparing him to something that easily falls apart like a cake, a soft cheese, or even a rock tumbling down the hill. This one is open to interpretation, leaving you to make the connection.
Implied metaphors allow writers to create vivid imagery in their prose. Sometimes, the comparison is an easy leap to make, painting a clear picture. Other times, the implied comparison takes a moment’s pause. Some implied metaphors leave themselves entirely open to debate since, in truth, they’re never expressly stated by the author.