MicroHelp Library84UP N͸N۳N۳N۳N۳N۳N۳ 1Ŀ ۳ ۳  English Notes ۳ ۳ 1 ۳ ۳ , ۳ ۳ O  Item A (could be anything) is compared ۳ ۳ , ۳ ۳  to item B (could be anything). ۳ ۳ , ۳ ۳ O 1 ۳ ۳ , ۳ ۳  For example, compare item A, a boy, to ۳ ۳ , ۳ ۳  item B, a snake. ۳ ۳ O , ۳ ۳ 1 ۳ ۳  Press ENTER ۳ 1 ۳N;QNNNNNN 7  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  7 QUUP!"Ŀ! " ! " ! "  ͻ      Mastery Learning          M E T A P H O R S       S I M I L E S         (c) 1989 by    Allen Hackworth      ͼ  ͻ  Press ENTER to continue   ͼ ! " ! " ! " !"Q  !"    !"    !"                                                                        !"    !"    !"  QQ"  Q QUP:N͸N N )Ŀ ۳ M E T A P H O R S and S I M I L E S ۳  )  1  /ͻ  /    Press 1, 2, 3, or 4   /    1. METAPHOR: a tutorial   /    2. SIMILE: a tutorial   /    3. A Test for   /    4. Main Menu   /   /   /ͼ 9۳ 9 N N;QNN ;  +  ;  1  ;  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  ;  9  ; NQ   &        -  ;  9  ; NQU $ v ͸ A metaphor is . . . a comparison.  Press ENTER ;& 6"       ""^UPNͻN N N  ͸     The definition is simple.     ; N N N PRESS ENTER# N N N N N N N N N N N NͼQNNN"   "NNN #NNNNNNNNNNNQU7J1Ŀ  English Notes  1 , O  "The boy SLITHERED into the room." , 1 , O  The word "slithered" is a metaphor. It ,  compares the boy to a snake. , 1 O , 1  Press ENTER 1I< t-111111111111 8U7y1Ŀ  My English Notes 1 , O  In the last example, the metaphor was in ,  the verb. If we said, "His SLITHERING , O  movements were objectionable," the ,  metaphor would be in the adjective. , 1 O , 1  Press ENTER 1><1111111111111118U71Ŀ  English Notes 1 , O  If we said, "The snake was late again," ,  the metaphor would be in the noun. , O  In all three examples, SLITHERED, ,  SLITHERING, and SNAKE, we have a ,  COMPARISON of a person to a snake. O , 1  Press ENTER 1><1111111111111118UP4ͻۺ4 ۺ4 ۺ Lets's try another example. ۺ4 ۺ4 ۺ Press ENTER ۺ4 ۺ4 ۺ4 ۺ4 ۺ4 4ͼQNNNNN 6  6  6    6  6     6  6  6  6  6  6 NNNNNQ   6  6     6  6  6  6  6  6 NNNNNQU7f1Ŀ  English Notes 1 , O  DON'T RUFFLE MARTHA'S FEATHERS OR SHE ,  SHE WILL PECK YOU. , O 1 ,  Which words do you think are metaphors? ,  Name them before presssing ENTER. O , 1  Press ENTER 1><1111111111111118U791Ŀ  English Notes 1 , O  The metaphors are: ruffle, feathers ,  and peck. , O 1 ,  These words COMPARE a girl to a chicken. , 1 O , 1  Press ENTER 1><1111111111111118U 7N1Ŀ  English Notes 1 , O  Consider another example: , 1 , O  THE CAR GROANED UNDER THE WEIGHT OF THE ,  PASSENGERS.! ,  What is being compared here? O , 1  Press ENTER 1><1111111111111118U7e1Ŀ  English Notes 1 , O  Here a car, item A, is being compared ,  to a person, item B. , O 1 ,  When an inanimate object is compared ,  to a person, this is called . . . O , 1  Press ENTER 1><1111111111111118U7 Ŀ    PERSONIFICATION  When you personify something, you PERSON IZE it.  All personification is metaphor, but not all metaphors are personification.   ٲ   |qqqqqqqqqqqqqqq qqqqqqqqqq qqqqqqqLUPNͻN N N  ?Ŀ  ?   Look at another example of personification.   ?   ?Ĵ  ?   ?   THE WEEPING CLOUDS FELT MY SORROW TOO.   ?   ?Ĵ  ?    Which words personify the clouds?   ?   ?   & Press ENTER   ?   ? N N N NͼQNNNA???AAAAAAAAA???ANNNQzUNͻ  Answer: ĺ WEEPING  FELT  SORROW ͼUPNͻN N N N ;Ŀ ;  The next concept is MIXED METAPHOR.  ;Ĵ ;   A mixed metaphor includes at least two comparisons   that do not match. See the following example:  ;  ;Ĵ ;   BERTHA SUE SLITHERED INTO THE ROOM, BARKING AS SHE   CAME.2  ;   slithered = snake; barking = dog. They don't match.  ; N N N N NͼQNNNN = ;   = ; ; ; ; = ; ; ; ; # =NNNNQU& }ͻ  How would you  correct this mixed  metaphor?     Press ENTER   ͼ*U&rĶ Change slithered to  trotted or change  barking to coiling.   Press ENTER ͼUPNͻN N N N ;Ŀ ;  The last concept is EXTENDED METAPHOR.  ;Ĵ ;   In this case the comparison between A and B is   extended into the next sentences. An example   follows. The metaphors are capitalized.  ;Ĵ 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.  ; N 9 Press ENTER N NͼQNNNN = ;   = ; ; ; ; = ; ; ; ; ; ; =N9 NQUPNͻNۺJĿۺ۳J ۺ۳ Study just a few more metaphor examples. ۺ۳J ۺJĴۺ۳J ۺ۳J ۺ۳ My father,< ۺ۳J ۺ۳ I wondered why8 ۺ۳J ۺ۳ On one occasion at4 ۺ۳ caustic tongue burned1 ۺ۳J ۺ۳ The great state of4 ۺ۳ has nourished me always with nothing but milk and honey. ۺ۳J ۺ۳ Two well-loved, soft, teddy bears,$ ۺ۳ of their days in hybernation.) ۺ۳J ۺJۺNۺNͼQNqLqqJqqJqqJqqLqqJqqJqqJqqJqqJqqJqqIqqJqqJqqJqqJqqJqqJqqJqqJqqLqNQU  This completes the tutorial on metaphors.  We will now return to the menu.    Press ENTER  6U' q(% %  Like a metaphor, a simile is  also a comparison % % % (*(%%%%%%%%%%(#U() *'  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. ' ***''''''''''*U ' (% % 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. % (.(%%%%%%%%%%%(U () *' ' 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. ' *.*'''''''''''*hUPvNͻLĿ Study the lines below and notice the similes. LٺN  Ŀ Ŀ      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.         N NͼBN                  NQUͻ  This completes the tutorial on similes.  We will now return to the menu.    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