3 Types of Metaphors

3 Types of Metaphors

Types of Metaphors

​3 Types of Metaphors

• Extended

• Implied

• Basic

Extended metaphors

Extended metaphors are carried throughout a poem.

• build a complicated comparison

• can extend throughout several lines or an entire poem

Implied metaphors

Implied metaphors hint at a comparison but DO NOT directly compare two things.

• this type of metaphor sometimes looks like personification

• "The wind shrieked crazily" is an implied metaphor.

Basic metaphors

Basic metaphors directly compare two things.

• "Her eyes were a blue lake."

• "My backpack is a landfill."

Multiple Choice

The holiday shoppers were locusts.

• Basic metaphor

• Implied metaphor

• Extended metaphor

Multiple Choice

The holiday shoppers devoured the sale items.

• basic metaphor

• implied metaphor

• extended metaphor

Multiple Choice

The holiday shoppers were locusts

Devouring the sale items

And flying from one clearance bin to the next.

• basic metaphor

• implied metaphor

• extended metaphor

Analogies and extended metaphors are comparisons that need an explanation. You add details to explain how the 2 subjects are similar.

Analogy/Extended Metaphor

This is a kind of comparison when we refer to a well known story or figure. This reference is not explained because it's assumed the audience already knows.

" You bought me flowers!? Well, aren't you a Romeo!"

Allusion (kind of new)

​Figurative language to compare

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of an extended metaphor?

• A comparison between two similar things that continues throughout a series of sentences, paragraphs, or even an entire work of literature.

• A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences, paragraphs, or even an entire work of literature.

• A comparison between two unlike things that only occurs in a single sentence.

• A comparison between two unrelated things that is used to create humor or irony.

Multiple Choice

What is the effect of using an extended metaphor in a poem?

• It adds depth and complexity to the poem.

• It simplifies the poem and makes it easier to understand.

• It has no effect on the overall meaning of the poem.

• It confuses the reader and makes the poem less enjoyable.

Multiple Choice

Whats the extended metaphor .?

• Comparing nothing .

• Comparing “Hope” with a “bird”

• Comparing “Hope” with “feathers”

Multiple Choice

What is an object that represents another idea?

• simile

• assonance

• onomatopoeia

• symbol

Multiple Choice

A metaphor is what?

• is a fruit from Greece

• is a fancy way to compare things and give details

• compares two or more things without using as, like etc.

• is a asteroid that will blow up planet earth