Metaphor
Objective: Define Metaphors
and Identify Examples of
Metaphors and Their Meanings.
What are Metaphors?
• A metaphor compares
two things without using
like or as.
• How is this different from
a simile?
Examples of Metaphors
I am a pig. I eat all of
the time.
• What two things are being
compared?
• What does this metaphor mean?
My room is a pig pen. I
have clothes everywhere.
• What two things are being
compared?
• What does the metaphor mean?
Jeff was a volcano after
hearing his brother broke his
favorite toy.
• What two things are being
compared?
• What does the metaphor mean?
“Knockin’ On Heaven’s
Door”
Written by: Bob Dylan
Soundtrack from the movie:
“Pat Garret & Billy The Kid”
“I’m knockin’ on heaven’s
door”
• What two things are being
compared?
• What does the metaphor mean?
“That
long black cloud is
comin’ down”
• What two things are being
described?
• What does the metaphor mean?
Pat Garret & Billy The Kid
• Create one metaphor with your
group.
1. Think of two objects to compare
and write them in a sentence.
• Metaphor- compares two things
without using like or as.
Questions
Thanks!