Metaphors WorksheetPHL/251 Version 6 1University of Phoenix MaterialMetaphors WorksheetInsert your name: Shane DahlquistPart 1MetaphorsConstruct one metaphor about five different things that describe any aspect of your life, such as someone you know, something you do, someplace you have been, or anything else.Student es!onse"a#in$ "eta!hors%&am!le My daughter is the sunshine of my life.Student Response O!Sara is such a mother hen.Student Response "WOSeeing her beautiful face was like the sun beaming down on me in the morning, it always made me wake with a smile.Student Response "#R!!"his relationship is like an unfinished book and so far you have been screwed over on every page, but you can write the last 1$ pages, you can decide how it ends.Student Response %O&R't(s been a bumpy road, but we made it and are finally done with the pro)ect.Student Response %'*!!lectrons flow through conductors like water flows through pipes.Part 2Short-Essay Response'n +,$ to -$$ words, e.plain why the metaphor is more effective than plain language.Metaphors add description, they paint a picture of what we are feeling that others can easily visuali/e. Some things aren(t easy to e.plain, such as the feeling of love you get when looking at someone you care about and who cares about you too. 0y using the metaphor of the sun, people think of its warming light and can associate that with the warmth of love you feel. Some metaphors are )ust easier to say, rather than going in to a detail description. ' could e.plain how kind, caring, and nurturing my friend Sara is, how she is always responsible and watches out for everyone in the group, but it would be much easier to say she is a mother hen. Most people would understand what the metaphor means and is much simpler than going in to detail about 1opyright 2 3$1, by &niversity of 4hoeni.. 5ll rights reserved.Metaphors WorksheetPHL/251 Version 6 3Sara(s personality. Metaphors are a great way to e.plain something as well. When ' was taking a basic electrical class the teacher was e.plaining how electricity worked. "o make it easier for us to understand he compared it to water. *olts are e6ual to the pressure in a water tank, the more pressure the faster the water moves. Ohms are e6ual to the resistance holding the water back, the more resistance the slower the water moves. 5mps is the speed, the pressure divided by the resistance. "his made it very easy for me to understand the concept since ' already understood how water flowed. 0y relating the new concept to an old one we already understood, we were all able to grasp it without too much difficulty. "hese are )ust a few e.amples of how metaphors give us more creative power through language and allow us to better e.press ourselves. #aving theseways of creating pictures in peoples mind makes what you are saying to them much more real and helps them remember what you said. "he better the description and the easier they can relate to it, the more likely they will be to create a more vivid image that will last within their memory. "hat is what metaphors more effective.1opyright 2 3$1, by &niversity of 4hoeni.. 5ll rights reserved.