@Pachyderm_In_The_Room Thanks for the Kudos even if you are an Indian giver. *winks
@Jeruba Admittedly the sentence seemed a little clunky to me.
@rebbel An example and a characteristic, mucho gracias!
@gailcalled Thank you for the laughs. I especially liked the one with the maggots and the frying pan or was it the ballet dancer and the dog, nope not that one either. I liked it so much I can’t remember it.
Those examples were so bad that the writers must have been quite good. As explained in the paragraph below those examples were cringe worthy but deliberately so.
However by seeing the extreme it did give me a general idea of what not to do.
I will jot out a quick list so I can remember them:
-Consider the audience,
-What tone are you trying to convey,
-The comparison should have an equal gravitas as the subject.
-If the audience squirms, pinches their face in disgust, or is otherwise cringeworthy, you might want to reconsider the audience or the metaphor.
*And as rebbel stated clarity or drawing a picture for the reader.
That is all I got.
@CWOTUS So a great metaphor is platinum?