By Priyanka Dey Abinaya Sivakumar and Anthony Wang Simile Explicit comparison of two unlike objects using like or as Used for speakers poets Short similes can be powerful ID: 697414
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Similes and Metaphors
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
By: Priyanka Dey,
Abinaya
Sivakumar
, and Anthony WangSlide2
Simile:
Explicit comparison of two unlike objects using “like” or “as”
Used for speakers, poetsShort similes can be powerfulMetaphor: Comparison of two unlike objects without using specific words (e.g. “like” or “as”)Compare concrete ideas to concepts
Simile v. MetaphorSlide3
“The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider or loathsome insect over the fire” (p. 81, paragraph 2)
Compares God holding a person to a how a person would hold a spider or revolting insects
Shows God’s immense control over humansSimile #1Slide4
“The wrath of God is like great waters increasing more and more, and rise higher and higher…” (p.80, paragraph 5)
Compares the increase of God’s wrath to the increasing power of the water
As the waves of water become larger, they are also more powerfulSimilarly, as God’s wrath increases, his wrath becomes more destructiveSimile #2Slide5
Quote
Concrete Image
Idea it Represents
“The fiery
floods of the fierceness and the wrath of God would rush forth with inconceivable fury…” (p.80, paragraph 5)
- The flood
Represents
fierceness of God’s wrath
“The bow of God’s wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready on the string, and justice bends on arrow at your heart, and strings the bow…” (p. 80, paragraph 6)The bow The arrowRepresents God’s wrathRepresents justice
MetaphorSlide6
Quote
Concrete Image
Idea
it Represents
“It is
a great furnace of wrath” (p. 81, paragraph 3)
-
The furnace
- Represents God’s wrath“The fire pent up in their own hearts is ready to break out..” - The fire- Represents people’s angerMetaphors (continued)Slide7
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