What are Metaphors?

1. METAPHORS
A FIGURE OF SPEECH
 A COMPARISON BETWEEN TWO
THINGS

2. Examples
• This bag is a feather.
• He is the sunshine of my life.
• Our teacher planted some ideas in us for this
project.
• The naughty boy often apes his brother.
• The Mathematics teacher drums the formulae
into our head everyday.
• She was thunder struck to see the fire in her
kitchen.

3. Metaphors and Meanings
1. This bag is feather.  feather = very light
2. He is the sunshine of my life. sunshine = joy
3. Our teacher planted some ideas in us for this
project.  planted = give input
4. The naughty boy often apes his brother.
 apes = imitates
5. The mathematics teacher drums the formulae
into our head everyday.
 drums = repeats
6. She was thunder struck to see the fire in her
kitchen.  thunder struck = very shocked

4. More Metaphors
• My younger sister is the apple of my father’s
eye.  the darling
• Azam is a book-worm who likes to be among
his books.  always studying
• All the children look rosy today because they
are going for a picnic.  cheerful
• Suzana is giving me a cold shoulder.
 ignoring the person

5. #to give a hand  to help others in need
#add some spice  extra excitement
#pay a high price  to suffer because of
something you have done
#bull in a china shop  a person who moves in a
rough or clumsy way
#right to the heart of the matter
straight to the point
#plain sailing  something very easily done
#on their toes  to keep someone occupied
#hand in glove  work closely with someone
#sell like hot cakes  something that sells quickly
#blows his own trumpet  to praise himself/herself

6. Prepared by:
• Mansor Bin Esa
• English Language Teacher
• SK Padang Jawa, Shah Alam

7. Prepared by:
• Mansor Bin Esa
• English Language Teacher
• SK Padang Jawa, Shah Alam