Table 5.
Findings of the analysis of the STRUGGLE metaphor.
| Conceptual Domain: STRUGGLE (f: 21) | The exact words of students' response |
|---|---|
| TORTURE | A torture |
| A nightmare. | |
| A hell | |
| Hell: (( | |
| IMPOSSIBLE MISSION | Searching a penguin in the desert. |
| playing ping-pong against an invisible | |
| building a Jenga tower under a wooden bridge using fishes that can only be caught in fresh water from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. in fall. | |
| Mission impossible | |
| SUFFERING | bathing in ice-cold water during winter |
| Walking on a hot beach sand without slippers | |
| Struggling | |
| Struggling | |
| trying to not sink with the ship. | |
| Riding a bike on a steep slope which is really tiring | |
| BURDEN | a burden for me. I do not like it even tough, i am good at it. |
| ANXIETY | having a nod in my stomach, but not because of English but overall anxiety about sending it to my supervisor and trying to publish it |
| NECESSARY EVIL | a necessary evil we must overcome |
| A small surgery | |
| the effect of fertilizer on sweet corn | |
| eating bitter medicine |