2. What is a metaphor?
Figure of
speech
Abstract
understood via Comparison
similarity with METAPHOR without like/as
tangible
Description of one
thing as if it is
actually another

3. Type of descriptive language
Literal vs. Figurative
 Straightforward  Imaginative
 Direct meaning  Interpreted meaning
Example:
 Her hair is like silky rays of
 Her hair is blonde and soft.
sunshine. ~simile
 Her hair is the sun’s glow on
the ocean and the feeling of
your feet in warm sand.
~metaphor

4. Think of an
abstract
concept…
LOVE
Metaphors for
Love
Love is a…
rose
battlefield
How does each metaphor effect
disease your view of Love?
game

5. Why do we use metaphors?
New
POV
Connection
of
unrelated
Create
ideas
layers of
meaning
Powerful
images
Reach
the
reader