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Metaphors
Objective: Define Metaphors and Identify Examples of Metaphors
and Their Meanings.
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What are Metaphors?
•A metaphor compares two things without using like or as.
• Metaphors are comparisons that show how two things that are not alike in most ways are similar in one important way.
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What are Metaphors?
• Metaphors are a way to describe something.
• Authors use them to make their writing more interesting or entertaining.
• Unlike similes that use the words “as” or “like” to make a comparison, metaphors state that something is something else.
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Examples of Metaphors
I am a pig. I eat all of the time.
• What two thingsare being compared?
• What does this metaphor mean?
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My room is a pig pen. I have clothes
everywhere.
• What two things are being compared?
• What does the metaphor mean?
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Walter is a couch potato. He
doesn’t move all day.
• What two things are being described?
• What does the metaphor mean?
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Jeff was a volcano, after hearing his brotherbroke his favorite toy.
• What two things are being compared?
• What does the metaphor mean?
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John is a giant in his class.
• What two things are being compared?
• What does the metaphor mean?
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Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net.
This metaphor compares Brian to a wall because __________a. He was very strong.b. He was very tall.c. He kept returning the balls.d. His body was made of cells.
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We would have had more pizza to eat if Tammy hadn’t been such a hog.
Tammy was being compared to a hog because she __________.a. looked like a hogb. ate like a hogc. smelled like a hogd. was as smart as a hog
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Cindy was such a mule. We couldn’t get her to change her mind.
The metaphor compares Cindy to a mule because she was __________.a. always eating oatsb. able to do hard workc. raised on a farmd. very stubborn
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The poor rat didn’t have a chance. Our old cat, a bolt of lightning, caught his prey.
The cat was compared to a bolt of lightning because he was __________.a. very fastb. very brightc. not fond of fleasd. very old
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Even a child could carry my dog, Puffball, around for hours. He’s such a feather.
This metaphor implies that Puffball __________.a. is not cuteb. looks like a birdc. is not heavyd. can fly
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• Create one metaphor with your partner.• Metaphor- compares two things without
using like or as.
1.Think of two objects to compare.2.What are they?3.Share your metaphor.