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 Item A (could be anything) is compared
 to item B (could be anything).
 For example, compare item A, a boy, to
 item B, a snake.
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 Mastery Learning
 M E T A P H O R S
 S I M I L E S
	 (c) 1989 by
 Allen Hackworth
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  M E T A P H O R S  and  S I M I L E S  
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 1. METAPHOR: a tutorial
 2. SIMILE: a tutorial
 3. A Test for
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   A metaphor is . . .
	 a comparison.
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 The definition is simple.   
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 English Notes
 "The boy SLITHERED into the room."
 The word "slithered" is a metaphor. It
 compares the boy to a snake.
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 My English Notes
 In the last example, the metaphor was in
 the verb.  If we said, "His SLITHERING
 movements were objectionable," the
 metaphor would be in the adjective.
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 If we said, "The snake was late again,"
 the metaphor would be in the noun.
 In all three examples, SLITHERED,
 SLITHERING, and SNAKE, we have a
 COMPARISON of a person to a snake.
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 Lets's try another example.
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 DON'T RUFFLE MARTHA'S FEATHERS OR SHE
 SHE WILL PECK YOU.
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 The metaphors are:  ruffle, feathers
 and peck.
 These words COMPARE a girl to a chicken.
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 Consider another example:
 THE CAR GROANED UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE
 PASSENGERS.
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 English Notes
 Here a car, item A, is being compared
 to a person, item B.
 When an inanimate object is compared
 to a person, this is called . . .
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 PERSONIFICATION
  When you personify
  something, you
  PERSON IZE it.
  All personification
  is metaphor, but not   
  all metaphors are
  personification.
 Look at another example of personification.
 THE WEEPING CLOUDS FELT MY SORROW TOO.
 Which words personify the clouds?
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 Answer:
 WEEPING
 FELT
 SORROW
 The next concept is MIXED METAPHOR.
 A mixed metaphor includes at least two comparisons
 that do not match.  See the following example:
 BERTHA SUE SLITHERED INTO THE ROOM, BARKING AS SHE
 CAME.
 slithered = snake; barking = dog.  They don't match.   
 How would you
 correct this mixed
 metaphor?
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 Change slithered to
 trotted or change
 barking to coiling.
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 The last concept is EXTENDED METAPHOR.
 In this case the comparison between A and B is
 extended into the next sentences. An example
 follows.  The metaphors are capitalized.
  Bertha Sue SLITHERED into the room, HISSING at the stu-  
  dents near the board. MOVING RHYTHMICALLY to the back of 
  the room, she finally COILED into her NEST. Her tongue   
  DARTED IN AND OUT of her mouth as she surved her PREY.   
  Then STRIKING without warning, she said, "You creep!"
  Everyday she is full of such VENOM.
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 Study just a few more metaphor examples.
 My father,
 I wondered why
 On one occasion at
 caustic tongue burned
 The great state of
 has nourished me always with nothing but milk and honey.
 Two well-loved, soft, teddy bears,
 of their days in hybernation.
   This completes
   the tutorial on   
   metaphors.
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 Like a
 metaphor, a
 simile is
 also a
 comparison
 The only difference between a
 metaphor and a simile is in the
 way each is stated.
 The simile states that
 A is LIKE B or that
 A is AS B.  The simile uses
 like or as.
   Here is an example:
   HER BODY MOVED LIKE A
   WELL-OILED MACHINE.
   In this case, her body move-
   ment is explicitly compared
   to a well-oiled machine.
   Here is another example:
   MY ROOMMATE, BERTHA SUE, ACTS
   LIKE SHE HAS MORE AUTHORITY
   THAN THE PRESIDENT OF RICKS
   COLLEGE.
   Compares Bertha to the President.   
 Study the lines below and notice the similes.
   Like a living fruit
   Be still like the
   tree, my season for
   moonglow.
   blooming is near.
   Her looks were per-
   Be young like a new
   fect like a single
   dawn.
   blade of grass.
   Like a bucket of warm,  
   Be high like the
   grey water, Bertha
   eagle as he hangs on
   Sue's brain sloshes
   the air.
   when she talks.
   Her touch was soft
   Be fresh like a
   like the breath of
   rainbow.
   a sleeping kitten.
   This completes
   the tutorial on   
   similes.
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