Extended Metaphor

Why would an author use extended metaphor .?

• To provide a warning of something yet to come .

• To help the audience visualize the idea or story .

• To both create a stronger 'visual' experience and a stronger comparison .

• To create a stronger comparison between the two subjects .

What is an Extended Metaphor .?

• An allegory

• A comparison

• A particularly long sentence with a metaphor in it .

• A metaphor which is developed in detail and throughout lines and sentences or line in a poem .

Where can extended metaphor be used .?

• In all types of literature

• In poems only

Whats the extended metaphor .?

• Comparing nothing .

• Comparing “Hope” with a “bird”

• Comparing “Hope” with “feathers”

The comparison seen in “I Dwell in Possibility” lasts for the entire poem. This is called _________.

• extended metaphor

• indirect metaphor

• direct metaphor

• hidden metaphor

A metaphor that carries the comparison through several lines or throughout an entire poem

• Repetition

• Simile

• Extended Metaphor

• Metaphor

A metaphor that carries the comparison through several lines or throughout an entire poem.

• simile

• metaphor

• extended metaphor

• comparable metaphor

What is an extended metaphor?

• comparision of two unlike things in which one thing is said to be another thing

• contrast between appearance and reality

• comparision between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph, or lines in a poem

• deliberate, extravegant and often outrageous exaggeration used for either comic or serious relief

A metaphor in which the comparison is carried through several lines or even the entire poem is called an ____.

• extended metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

What does "Extended Metaphor" refer to as mentioned in the study sheet?

• A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences or paragraphs.

• A brief comparison between two unlike things.

• A detailed description of a scene or event.

• A plot device used to develop the story.