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Visual metaphor

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A visual metaphor is a pictorial analogy. It illustrates a comparison between what is in the visual, including its' connotations and denotations with another thing and its' meanings figuratively.[1]

References

  1. ^ Kogan, Nathan; Connor, Kathleen; Gross, Augusta; Fava, Donald (1980). "Understanding Visual Metaphor: Developmental and Individual Differences". Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. 45 (1): 1. doi:10.2307/1165832.