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DanaC · 01-11-2008, 01:35 PM

Umm...conceit used in that context doesn't mean the same as conceited. It means an extended metaphor. Think of a literary conceit. essentially it refers to the set up in fiction.

01-11-2008, 01:35 PM	#10
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Umm...conceit used in that context doesn't mean the same as conceited. It means an extended metaphor. Think of a literary conceit. essentially it refers to the set up in fiction.