Metaphors 1

Multiple Choice

A metaphor is a figure of speech that _____.

• uses the words “like” or “as” but doesn’t compare things

• compares things without using the words “like” or “as”

• gives a nonhuman thing human traits

• uses a word that sounds like what it means

Multiple Choice

A metaphor is a figure of speech that _____.

• uses the words “like” or “as” but doesn’t compare things

• compares things without using the words “like” or “as”

• gives a nonhuman thing human traits

• uses a word that sounds like what it means

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?

• The boy was upset at himself.

• The boy was a tornado of emotion.

• The boy said he would die of shame.

• The boy did not like what he had done.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?

• The sun is bright.

• The snowboarder flew like Superman.

• The snow was a white blanket covering the mountains.

• The snow is cold as ice.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?

• She is as thin as a rake.

• The wind was a howling wolf.

• I slept like a bump on a log.

• These jeans fit like a glove.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences contains a metaphor?

• Her eyes shone through the darkness.

• Her eyes looked like mine.

• Her eyes were two full moons.

• Her eyes were as bright as diamonds.

Multiple Choice

The kitten is a fluffy cloud.

This means ___

• The kitten is furry and white.

• The kitten is a cotton ball.

• The kitten is a type of cloud.

Multiple Choice

Students are sponges in the classroom.  

This means ___

• Students soak up water. 
• Students soak up knowledge.
• The student is turning into a sponge. 

Extended Metaphors

What are they + How to write them! :)

Extended Metaphors

What are they + How to write them! :)

What is an Extended Metaphor?

• Extended Metaphor: a comparison that is continued throughout several sentences or lines of a poem

• Ex. All the world's a stage/ and all the men and women merely players/ They have their exits and their entrances/ And one man in his time plays many parts.

Open Ended

From “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King, Jr.

“In a sense, we’ve come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the “unalienable Rights” of “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” ... Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt."

Constitutional promises are begin compared to...

Hope is the Thing with Feathers by Emily Dickinson

Hope is the thing with feathers/ that perches in the soul/ and sings the tune without the words/ and never stops- at all

And sweetest- in the Gale- is heard-/ and sore must be the storm-/ that could abash the little Bird-/ that kept so many warm-/

I've heard it in the chillest land-/ and on the strangest sea-/ yet- never- in Extremity,/ it asked a crumb of me

Multiple Choice

What does the poet describe as “the thing with feathers”?

• Life

• Hope

• Song

• Soul

Multiple Choice

The poet uses the words “gale” and “storm” as metaphors. What might these words represent?

• Times of bad weather

• Hard and painful times

• Pleasant times

• Times of success and growth

Multiple Choice

This poem is an extended metaphor. What two things are being compared throughout the poem?

• Hope and a storm

• A bird and a storm

• Hope and a bird

• A bird and a song

​More extended metaphor examples

1. How do the pieces differ?

2. How/why is the word choice important? (Think denotation vs. connotation)

3. How would you describe the author's style?

1. How do the pieces differ?

2. How/why is the word choice important? (Think denotation vs. connotation)

3. How would you describe the author's style?

Reminders for this week:​

• Word choice is extremely important in your creation of an extended metaphor!

• Again, think about the FEELING you are trying to create for your reader.

• Experiment with blending different comparisons!

​Types of Symbolism

• Metaphor - a comparison between two unlike things without using the words 'like' or 'as.' For example, the phrase 'time is money' is an example of a metaphor comparing time to money. Money and time are two different things; this is an example of symbolism because these words show the importance of using your money and time wisely.​