What is a storm-as-angry-person metaphor?

What is a storm-as-angry-person metaphor?

Definition
	A conventional metaphor in which a storm is represented as an angry person, performing similar actions such as lashing, raging, and calming down.

Examples
	Here are some examples in English:
	It was a violent storm. The sea was lashing the rocks. The angry waves calmed down as the dawn came. We had a raging storm last night.

Generic
	A storm-as-angry-person metaphor is a kind of
	Conventional metaphors in English

Source
	Kovecses 1986

Context for this page:

Concept module: storm-as-angry-person metaphor
In modular book: Metaphors in English, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H. Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Lexicon

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