Extended Metaphor Poem

What is an extended metaphor?

• When something is being compared to another thing countless times throughout the poem.
• When an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable.
• When the opposite of what you expected occurs.
• The occurrence of the same letter or sound throughout the literature.

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CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

Why would an author use extended metaphor?

• To provide a warning of something yet to come.
• To give the poem a sense of tone.
• To make a clear comparison of to things.

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CCSS.RI.1.9

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.K.9

CCSS.RL. 6.7

CCSS.RL.K.6

Which one is symbolism in the poem hope

• Trees are the symbolism for hope 
• Maps are the symbolism for hope
• Fruit is the symbolism for hope
• Feathers are the symbolism for hope

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CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.K.5

Where can an extended metaphor be used?

• In poems only
• In all types of literature 

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CCSS.RI.1.9

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.K.9

CCSS.RL. 6.7

CCSS.RL.K.6

What is the comparison in the poem hope. 

• Hope is like a bird
• Hope is like a tree
• Hope is like a lost friend

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which one shows personification 

• The little dog laughed
• It asked a crumb of me
• The leaves danced in the wind
• The sun smiled back at me

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What sort of imagery is expressed in the poem Hope.

• The bird was a colorful red
• On the strangest sea
• The sun was a gleam

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CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.K.5