2. “A picture’s worth a thousand
words.” -anonymous
“A metaphor’s worth a thousand
pictures.” -Dan Pink
3. A Type of Metaphor
• It’s true! A simile is actually just a type
of metaphor, a very specific type.
• The difference hinges on just two small
words: “like” and “as.”
4. Simile
• Simile: (a type of metaphor) comparing
two different/unrelated things using
“like” or “as”
• EX: The sun was like a fuchsia ornament
decorating the sky.
5. • Just like in a regular metaphor, the
reader's or listener's goal is to
determine what two things are being
compared and in what way the author
finds them related.
• *NOTE: Again, it is essential to compare
two things that are unrelated. You cannot
compare the sun to a ball of fire because
it IS a ball of fire (more or less).
6. • Just like in a regular metaphor, the
reader's or listener's goal is to
determine what two things are being
compared and in what way the author
finds them related.
• *NOTE: Again, it is essential to compare
two things that are unrelated. You cannot
compare the sun to a ball of fire because
it IS a ball of fire (more or less).
