The word metaphor comes from a Greek word meaning ‘transfer’
The word metaphor comes from a Greek word meaning ‘transfer’
Metaphors compare two things or ideas: a quality or feature of one thing is transferred to another thing. Some common metaphors are
* the leg of the table: The leg supports our body. So the object that supports a table is described as a leg.
* the heart of the city: The heart is an important organ in the centre of our body. So this word
is used to describe the central area of a city. In pairs, find metaphors from the story to complete the table below. Try to say what qualities are being compared. One has been done for you.
| Object | Metaphor | Question uality or Feature Compared |
| Cloud | Huge mountains, of clouds | The mass or ‘hugeness’ of mountains. |
| Raindrops | – | – |
| Hailstones | – | – |
| Locusts | – | – |
| – | – | An epidemic (a disease) that spreads very rapidly and leaves many people dead. |
| – | An ox of a man | – |
Answer:
| Object | Metaphor | Question uality or Feature Compared |
| Cloud | Huge mountains of clouds | The mass or ‘hugeness’ of mountains |
| Raindrops | New coins | Valuable like money |
| Hailstones | The frozen pearls | The resemblance in colour and hardness to a pearl |
| Locusts | A plague of locusts | An epidemic that spreads rapidly and leaves many people dead |
| Man | An ox of a man | A hardworking man |
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