Metaphors

What is a metaphor?

Why use metaphors? • Think about describing a family. Which

conjures up more meaning and feeling– She is a good person in a family with poor moral

values.– OR

– She is a rose in a sea of thorns. In both sentences we get that she is a good person

and her family members are not, but the metaphor paints a vivid picture of making it more meaningful.

Your hear metaphors all the time.

What metaphors were in that song?What did they mean?

• Like a small boat on the ocean, sending big waves into motion. – Something small can make something big happen.

• Like how a single word, can make a heart open.– Again, something small can make something big

happen. • And all those things I didn’t say, wrecking balls

inside my brain. – The feelings she held inside and never told anyone

are tearing her up inside.

• “God’s the seamstress”• What does he mean? – A seamstress is a person who sews clothing. They

take material, cut it, and tailor it into clothing. – He is saying God is the one who has chosen what

things happened in his life.

What

• “She walks like a model, she grants my wishes like a geni in a bottle.”

• What does he mean? – She is beautiful or perfect like we see models. – She does things to make him happy.

Metaphor or Simile• “God’s a seamstress who tailor fitted my pain.” 50 Cent

– metaphor• “My words are diamonds dug out of a mine.” Big Boi

– metaphor• “…I get physical like physicians” Emienin

– Simile• “Shine bright like a diamond” Rihanna

– Simile• “I am titanium” David Guetta

– metaphor• “She grants my wishes like a genie in a bottle” OMI

– Simile• “Like a small boat on the ocean” Rachel Platten

– Simile