{"id":1310,"date":"2012-05-12T17:47:52","date_gmt":"2012-05-12T21:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2013-04-19T11:15:12","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T15:15:12","slug":"make-a-metaphor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/make-a-metaphor\/","title":{"rendered":"Make a Metaphor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello there! I hope that you have been having an enjoyable week. Today I have a poem for you. It is called What is the Sun? and is written by Wes Magee. Have a read through it. If you feel confident enough go ahead and read it aloud.<\/p>\n

What is the Sun?<\/strong><\/p>\n

the Sun is an orange dinghy<\/p>\n

sailing across a calm sea<\/p>\n

it is a gold coin<\/p>\n

dropped down a drain in Heaven<\/p>\n

the Sun is a yellow beach ball<\/p>\n

kicked high into the summer sky<\/p>\n

it is a red thumb-print<\/p>\n

on a sheet of pale blue paper<\/p>\n

the Sun is a milk bottle’s gold top<\/p>\n

floating in a puddle<\/p>\n

This poem has a lot of metaphors for the sun. A metaphor is something described as if it were something else. It is like a\u00a0simile<\/a>\u00a0but does not include the words like or as.<\/p>\n

The simplest form of metaphor is: “The [first thing] is a [second thing].” For example, one metaphor you often hear people say is “my father is a rock.” They don’t actually mean that their father is a grey piece of stone in their garden. They mean that there father is strong and reliable, just like a rock is strong and reliable because it takes a lot to make it change size and shape.<\/p>\n

How many metaphors can you spot in the poem above about the sun? You might even like to make a list of them.<\/p>\n

If you would like some practice with metaphors, why not try some of the following activities:<\/p>\n