George Lakoff has examined speech forms such as "My mind was racing" or "I saw the light." These examples are:
A) Analogies.
B) Metaphors.
C) Similes.
D) Synonyms.

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These examples are metaphors, as George Lakoff has extensively studied how we use metaphorical language to conceptualize complex ideas, emotions, or states of being in more familiar terms. "My mind was racing" and "I saw the light" do not compare two things using "like" or "as" (which would make them similes) nor are they analogies or synonyms. They represent one thing as being another to convey a particular meaning or understanding.

George Lakoff Has Examined Speech Forms Such as "My Mind