1. Extended Metaphor You are a rockstar. Make comparisons like one.
Which one of these statements is an actual metaphor?

2. Simile - Metaphor What’s the difference?
Simile: a figure of speech that makes a direct comparison of two things using the words “like” or “as”, implying that there are shared qualities or characteristics.
Example: Books are like wormholes to other worlds and other lives.
However, we are focusing on Metaphor. so.....

3. Metaphors!
A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things without using the terms “like or “as”. A metaphor implies that these two unlike things are the same. By stating that the objects are the same, the similarities become highlighted.
Example: Francis is a pig.
Pig like qualities: dirty, mud loving, messy, snotty, eats loud, slurps, has no manners, probably talks like a pirate and says rude things about cabbage, odiferous

4. Why are Metaphors the bee’s knees?
A simile tells you what the similarities are, while a metaphor shows you. There is more power in showing versus telling.
A simile implies the similarity is kind of sort of there. Sheila was hungry like an aggressive kangaroo. I am assuming that kangaroos get wicked hungry. A metaphor equates the two things being compared, thus turning Sheila into (figuratively) a kangaroo in more ways than just being hungry like one. Sheila is an aggressive kangaroo when she is hungry. This quality of hers caused her to devour two chocolate crumble cakes and stuff a few cookies in her pockets for later all while threatening to dropkick anyone who came too close.

5. STOP! Write your own metaphor NOW!
Take out a piece of paper, put your name on it, and write down an original metaphor from your noggin. 1, 2, 3, GO!

6. Breaking a Metaphor Down
A metaphor has two parts a Tenor and a Vehicle.
The Tenor is the subject that the similarities are being applied to. In the example of “Francis is a pig”, Francis is the Tenor.
The Vehicle is what the first subject is being compared to, or whose attributes are being borrowed. In this case “pig” is the Vehicle.
Test out your skills on the Sheila metaphor. “Sheila is an aggressive kangaroo when she is hungry.”
aggressive kangaroo
Tenor:
Sheila
Vehicle:

7. Metaphors in Multiple Modalities:
Metaphors are not just meant for writing. Although Willie Shakes is the king of metaphors, and the metaphysical poets took theirs to a whole new level, metaphors pop up everywhere not just in literature and poetry.
Metaphors in music: Yup, they are everywhere. Good luck finding a song that doesn’t use a metaphor. Songs
YOU HAVE 1 MINUTE TO FIND A SONG THAT USES A METAPHOR! GO!

8. Metaphors in Picture Form
To understand metaphor in an image, you must have some understanding of symbolism. The colors of the burger in the image are a dirty brown/black, the burger appears dried out, shriveled, and in a stage of decomposition. The burger does not look like something we would like to eat. This could symbolize death, decay, unhealthiness.
Clearly this is a McDonald’s burger.
The metaphor is also fairly clear: Burger = decay
The message is that what that burger looks like is what we are doing to our bodies every time we eat fast food. The burger is the Tenor and the decay is the Vehicle.

9. Wait, I thought this was about extended metaphors?
An extended metaphor simply carries on the comparison through out the next few lines or in some cases through out a text.
Get out your headphones now or plan to listen quietly for the next task. Choose one of the following songs, click on it, and listen while reading the lyrics. Write down the title on the same paper as your original metaphor. When you are done listening to it write down the tenor, the vehicle, and a couple ways the metaphor was extended or continued throughout the song.
Everlasting Light, by the Black Keys
Love is a Battlefield, by Pat Benatar

10. "Everlasting Light" Click here for the song
Let me be your everlasting light
The sun when there is none
I'm a shepherd for you
And I'll guide you through
(Shoo-shoo-shoo-wa)
I'll hold and never scold
In me you can confide
When no one's by your side
Oh baby, can't you see
It's shinin' just for you
Loneliness is over
Dark days are through
They're through
(Shoo-shoo-shoo-shoo-shoo-shoo-shoo-wa)
A train goin' 'way from pain
Love is the coal
That makes this train roll
Yeah
Ohh...

11. "Love Is A Battlefield" click here for song (We are young)
(Heartache to heartache)
Heartache to heartache
(We stand)
We stand
(No promises)
No promises
(No demands)
No demands
(Love is a battlefield)
Love is a battlefield
Whoooo-oh-oh....
We are strong
No one can tell us we're wrong
Searching our hearts for so long
Both of us knowing
You're begging me to go
Then making me stay
Why do you hurt me so bad
It would help me to know
Do I stand in your way
Or am I the best thing you've had
Believe me
I can't tell you why
But I'm trapped by your love
And I'm chained to your side
Heartache to heartache we stand
When I'm losing control
Will you turn me away
Or touch me deep inside
And when all this gets old
Will it still feel the same
There's no way this will die
But if we get much closer
I could lose control
And if your heart surrenders
You'll need me to hold
We are young
Heartache to heartache we stand
No promises
No demands
Love is a battlefield
We are strong
No one can tell us we're wrong
Searching our hearts for so long
Both of us knowing
When I'm losing control
Will you turn me away
Or touch me deep inside
And when all this gets old
Will it still feel the same
There's no way this will die
But if we get much closer
I could lose control
And if your heart surrenders
You'll need me to hold