PPT-The Real Power of Metaphors

and Similes The Real Power of Metaphors Metaphor Comparing two things by saying one is the other Simile Comparing two things by saying they are similar using like or as YAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWNNN. 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. . Simile. : . a comparison between two unlike things that have something in common. . A simile always uses the words . like. or . as. to make a comparison. . Examples: . It's been a hard day's night, and I've been working like a dog. - The Beatles . 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?. 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.. 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.. Jerick Sarceno Period 3 . Definition for Similes and Metaphors . Similes only uses words “like” or “as” to compare anything. Metaphors don’t use “like” or “as” when describing but makes the comparison with another. . Intra-group differences in the experiences of . Māori. George Ann Gregory, Ph.D. .. University of Maryland University College. Central New Mexico Community College. Jeanette King, Ph.D. .. University of Canterbury. METAPHOR. A . figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally . applicable; a symbol or representation.. Example. Love is . an open door.. Comparing love to an open door represents how love is an opportunity. The open door represents hope, honesty, and adventure. She is saying love brings you these feelings as well.. 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 . SIMILES AND METAPHORS. By: Kush Singh, Mohammed Mannan, Atharva Padhye, Shrey Bohra, and Nirmal Prakash. Similes. “Your wickedness makes you as it were heavy as lead, and to tend downward with great weight and pressure toward hell…” (par. 4). 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?. educational . space. Grigore. -Dan Iordachescu. University of Alba Iulia, Romania. 10-12 June, 2016, Split. Introduction. R. esearch project:. Universals and variants of English and Romanian business metaphors. A corpus-based conceptual mapping of contemporary . Laima Sapezinskiene; Lina Jurkstaite-Pacesiene and Kaylyn Kretschmer   Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Behavioural Medicine Institute, Laboratory of Psychosomatic Research The analysis of metaphors for exploring power relations in Gestalt psychotherapy