Metaphor+Madness

One of our spelling words in Week 6 was 'metaphor'.

Some definitions of 'metaphor ' include:


 * figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
 * **Metaphor** is the concept of understanding one thing in terms of another. A **metaphor** is a [|figure of speech] that constructs an [|analogy] between two things or ideas; the analogy is conveyed by the use of a metaphorical word in place of some other word. For example: "Her eyes were glistening jewels".

The word //metaphor// derives from the 16th century Old French //métaphore//, and before that from the Latin word //metaphora//, "carrying over",

'The goalkeeper was as solid as a rock' - simile 'The goalkeeper was a rock' - metaphor. "You are the sunshine of my life" "She was a tigress when roused" Her home was a prison.

See if you can write an INTERESTING sentence that includes a metaphor. Remember to edit your sentence!

Lachlan -The box jumped at me as it was skipping. Asher - Jack - Brian was a wall, bouncing every tennis ball back over the net. Kaelan - Miette- The water struggled to stop going down the drain. Ryan -he was a cheetah racing through the test Abbey - Joshua -The old lady walking down the street was as fat as elephant. Zara - Joel -He has a heart of stone, For me time is money. Jessica -The tomato was wrinkerling like a//n// old lady. Lavon - William -The lightning was Hades, as he was rampaging through the misty unown above. James B - The soccer ball was a meteorite flying through the air straight at the frightened goalkeeper. James -The moon was a silver boat, gliding through the black emptyness of space. Cameron - Poppy - The beach was a scorching furnace cooking people on it. Courtney - The belt was a snake, curling around his waist. Evy- She was a mermaid swimming in the water Gabrielle -Love is a lemon - either bitter or sweet. Katana -Her heart was darker than a horrible night. Luke - He has the heart of a lion, charging at the enemy. Elise - The nerd was a stone dragon,the heartless words hitting his scales that protected him. Brittney -Crocodiles teeth are white daggers, so be careful. Thomas -His arms are two giant rocks stopping everything in there path. Logan - Her hair is seaweed, swaying in the water. Phoebe - She was buried treasure, waiting to be discovered. Nerida - Yolanda - Riley - Lillith -Her poem was deep,deeper than the sea Fergus -that horse is a bucking bronco Maeve -