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Metaphors

This document discusses how metaphors use imaginative comparisons to describe something by relating it to something else. It provides examples of metaphors used to describe people as tall, kind, fast, smart, etc. and asks the reader to use metaphors to describe those qualities in 3 sentences or less.

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Metaphors

This document discusses how metaphors use imaginative comparisons to describe something by relating it to something else. It provides examples of metaphors used to describe people as tall, kind, fast, smart, etc. and asks the reader to use metaphors to describe those qualities in 3 sentences or less.

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Metaphors are imaginative ways to describe something by comparing that thing

to something else. For example, if I wanted to say that Dan is tall, I could say
that Dan is a giant.
What do we mean when we say these things?:
When we say someone is a pig we really mean that ___________________

________________________________________________________
When we call someone an angel we really mean that __________________

________________________________________________________
If we say someone is a giant we really mean that _____________________

________________________________________________________
When we call a man an ogre or a woman a witch we really mean __________

________________________________________________________
When somebody plays cards and we call them a shark, we really mean that ___

________________________________________________________
If we say that somebody is a volcano ready to explode, we really mean that ___

________________________________________________________
When we say somebody is bright we mean that ______________________

________________________________________________________

Use a metaphor to describe somebody who is:


tall
kind
fast
slow
smart
fat
sneaky
angry
beautiful
ugly
stubborn
short
thin
silly
scared easily

He is a giant.
She is an angel.

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