PPT-Metaphors and Images of Climate

Control Jim Fleming Colby College http youtube nWi8OB3EtOs Historically informed metaphors and evocative visual images reveal attitudes and assumptions about climate control otherwise hidden by technical language and scientific diagrams This presentation examines the metaphorical claims of planetary surgeons and through images of planetary control renders the unimaginable at least visible. A poetic introduction. Metaphor. Metaphors . are comparisons that show how two . different things are . similar . in one . important way (e.g. the moon and a ball are both round).. Writers . use metaphors to help them describe something more clearly and in a more original way. . in . second. . language. . acquisition. . research. Vera . Menezes. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq). Fundação de Apoio a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG). Brought to you by powerpointpros.com. Teacher’s Menu. Select a mini-lesson that you would like to play. Default mode is . play all.. Play All. Similes. Metaphors. Personification. SIMILES. What is a Simile?. Extended Metaphors. A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem. .. Examples:. Love is a 10 speed bike that is . colorful. Poetry. Review! Poetry Terms!!. Topic?. Theme?. Imagery. ?. Onomatopoeia?. Alliteration?. Similes!!. What is a . simile. ?. A comparison of two unlike items using “like” or “as”. Similes are often used as imagery—to paint a picture in your head by comparing two things.. A Lesson for Aspiring Writers. Descriptive Language. Helps readers to imagine scenery, characters and events.. Uses the five senses:. Sight. Sound. Taste. Touch. Smell. It uses the 5 senses to make comparisons:. What is a metaphor?. Bob is a ray of sunshine. . . Bob is a tortoise.. Bob is a ripe banana. . (Bruce Fraser’s study). When does a metaphor become an idiom?. Bob is having a whale of a time.. Bob is broke.. March . 2010. Dr. Joan Giesecke. Dean of Libraries. University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Libraries. Metaphors. Phrases that connect unlike items. Phrases where one thing is used to designate another. Nimble Dinosaurs. Teodora . Popescu. University of Alba Iulia, Romania. 1. 6. -. 6. 8. . June . 201. 7. , . Alba Iulia. Introduction. Main research project:. Universals and variants of English and Romanian business metaphors. A corpus-based conceptual mapping of . Across the lines of straighter darker trees,. I like to think some boy's been swinging them.. But swinging doesn't bend them down to stay.. As ice-storms do. Often you must have seen them. Loaded with ice a sunny winter morning. LO: How can using a simile or metaphor help improve my descriptive writing?. The Sun. . The sun is like a pool of golden snakes glistening in the sky, slithering in circles.. The sun is like a ball, yellow and shining.. Teodora . Popescu. University of Alba Iulia, Romania. 26. -. 28. . May . 201. 7. , . Osijek. Introduction. Main research project:. Universals and variants of English and Romanian business metaphors. A corpus-based conceptual mapping of . What is a metaphor?. A metaphor is a LOT like a simile. So, what is the difference?. A metaphor . does not. use . LIKE. or . AS. to make comparisons. But they still compare…. So, what does a metaphor look like?. The metaphor of teaching and teachers Grigore -Dan Iordachescu University of Alba Iulia, Romania 1 6 - 6 8 June 201 7 , Alba Iulia Introduction Main research project: Universals and variants of English and Romanian business metaphors. A corpus-based conceptual mapping of contemporary journalese from a pedagogical