Metaphors

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Metaphors

• Comparing two things
• NOT using like or as

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Diamonds are a girls best friend.

• What is being compared?
• Diamonds to best friend
• Meaning
• Girls love diamonds.

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Her husband is the sunshine of her life.

• What is being compared?
• A husband to the sunshine.
• Meaning
• Her husband is the center of her life, like the
  Earth revolves around the sun.

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Spring Break is the home stretch.

• What is being compared?
• Spring Break to a home stretch.
• Meaning
• Spring break is a sign that the end of the school
  year is near once we get the spring break,
  summer is almost here!

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Life is a journey.

• What is being compared?
• Life to a journey.
• Meaning?
• Life is like traveling, where you find your
  destination when you get there.

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Is it a Metaphor?

• She is a delicate rose.
• Metaphor
• He throws like a girl.
• Simile
• Her mouth was running a mile a minute.
• Hyperbole

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Is it a metaphor?

• The sun was as hot as an oven.
• Simile
• My cat is a wild animal. Shes always on the
  prowl.
• Metaphor
• That job is a sweatshop.
• Metaphor.