A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word is used as a comparison to an object or another word indirectly. For example "my hand hurts so much I think is going to become little pieces and break from my body." This is a metaphor because it explains the pain my hand is feeling and it also compares it to small pieces breaking since the pain feels that way. There are several types of metaphors like a simile, personification, anthropomorphism, hyperbole, parable and analogy. A simile is the comparison between two things that aren't the same using "like or as." For example, "the bird is as tiny as my hand." This is a simile because I'm comparing the bird's size to my small hand using like or as. A personification is giving life to an object or non living thing. For example "my best friend Ipad." This is an example of a personification since the Ipad is a non living object and I'm comparing it to a living thing by saying it is my best friend. An anthropomorphism is the use of God or Gods in a human form relating to emotional feelings. For example"God talks back to me every night, he says he is happy with my actions." A hyperbole is the comparison or explanation of a statement using exaggeration; like "By the time this bus gets here I had already graduated with my PhD". This is an example of a hyperbole because no matter how late the bus comes it would never be as long as years in college. A parable is a story used to illustrate a moral lesson; like the stories told in the Bible. A famous parable is the "Whistle" by Benjamin Franklin; Benjamin had paid too much money on a whistle that wasn't worth much he learns a lesson for life to not spend too much money on unnecessary things. A fable is similar to the parable but instead of using humans as an example animals are being used to give out a moral lesson; an example could be children books. Pinocchio is a perfect example, whenever Pinocchio lied his nose would grow and everyone would know he was lying; like that Pinocchio learned to stop lying. An analogy is the comparison between the similarities of two things; like "let's talk about the analogies of the "Iphone and Blackberrys". Iphones and Blackberry phones are the examples because they are both smart phones they have similar qualities like high internet quality and many apps, but they also have huge differences like body texture.
The poem "Creativity" its an example of a hyperbole it uses exaggeration to describe a tree branch. "It moves and it is dancing." This line shows how the author says the branch is dancing using the hyperbole to describe how the wind is moving the branch and it looks like its dancing. This line is also an example of Personification, the author is giving life to this branch by saying is dancing. "It writes its story/and the ink/is living light." This line shows the example of a metaphor and personification as well. It personifies the branch giving it life making it probably human and saying could write; it also compares indirectly the ink being used to write to living life. The poem "Peace" it's also an example of hyperbole and personification. "The wind is now/a roaring, smashing/monster of destruction," These lines show the author is giving life to the wind by saying its a monster, that being an example of personification. It also gives an example of hyperbole by being so dramatically described, for example the author said its a monster roaring smashing when in reality its just simple wind.
The elephant on the picture illustration called "Hard Times" gives out plenty of examples of similes, blind men are touching the elephant and are explaining the elephants body parts to the hard times they are going through life. "An elephant is like an empty oil pipeline." This simile is talking about the trunk of the elephant, is comparing its emptiness to the lack of oil resources in the world and the conflicts to get the oil itself. Another example is:" An elephant is like a stack of foreclosure notices". This line compares the elephant to papers taking away your home because the economy is so bad. "An elephant is like a repossessed S.U.V. ", This quote compares he elephant to a car that has been taken away from the bank from the original owner since the owner couldn't keep up with the payments, the quote specifically says an s.u.v. since they are big like elephants. "An elephant is like a tree killed by Global Warming". The author compares the leg of the elephant to a lifeless tree killed by pollution and Global Warming. "An elephant is like a disconnected phone line". The author compares the elephant's tail to a plain dead phone line that has been disconnected.
In the poem "Dinnertime Chorus" shows personification in the line: "The teapot sang as the water boiled". It also shows it in the line where it says:"As the oil danced in a pan." These two lines show examples of Personification by the author giving human done tasks to these non living items. A teapot can't sing neither can the oil dance that's why is a personification.The fable "The Ant and the Grasshopper" is an example of a metaphor by comparing real life issues to a story with a moral value. The moral of the fable is:"It is best to prepare for days of necessity." The fable talks about an Ant that always worried about saving food for the winter, (when there wasn't variety in food)while the Grasshopper just kept playing around and singing. When the winter came the Ant was fine at home enjoying the food while the Grasshopper was starving with nothing to eat. This fable is related to students while some students don't focus in school and get prepared for heir future they become drop outs and then they might not find jobs; while the ones that finish their careers will have good paying jobs and enough money to support themselves. The poem "Hope is that thing with feathers" by Emily Dickinson gives out examples of metaphors as well. "Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul,And sings the tune without the word." These lines show how the author is using metaphors and hyperbole by comparing the hope to a bird. The author is saying that hope is always with us singing inside of us with out out loud words, just like a bird, this a hyperbole because birds can't literally be your source of hope only metaphorically."I've heard it in the chillest land,/And on the strangest sea;/Yet, never, in extremity,/It asked a crumb of me."These lines are also examples of metaphors and hyperbole and even parable. The author is saying this bird called hope is with you in the coldest days in the strangest seas and never asks for a crumb; showing how your inner hope is always with you at the hardest times, when no one is there your hope is there and is not even asking for anything back. The poem "The Stone" is an example of Personification. "How happy is the little stone/That rambles in the road alone." These two lines show how the stone is given life by the author and explains and also compares it to this independent individual. The poem "l(a/le/af/fa/ll/s)/one/l/iness/e/e/cummings" is an example as well of a metaphor. The poem is presented in two letters each column, each column is falling down making it very hard to understand specially because the spelling and grammar is not correct. Once the poem is writing down in a vertical way it is clear what is meant to say: a leaf falls loneliness is coming. Not only is a leaf fallinga metaphor for loneliness arriving since the death of something which would be the leaf can create some type of emptiness, but the way the words are presented are also falling down making it more clear and giving some type of graphic illustration. another way this poem can be interpreted is that when leaves fall is because the fall is at its highest point and is introducing the cold winter, which brings loneliness and creates emptines in some people's heart, some poeple don't like to come out in the cold or if you don't have people to share your winter with you'll feel really lonely and sad.
Overall, metaphors are a part of people's everyday life, they are everywhere even when you don't notice. A metaphor can give out life to a sentence by a comparison to the least compareable things. Metaphors are really important and are also important to understand, similes make the comparison easy and clear just simply using like or as, personification makes quite more fun by giving life to non living things to make a point through a comparison, anthromorphism is used in a comparison between myths and gods, hyperboles are people's favorite we compare something to something extremely exaggerated and unreal, parables are usually biblical it illustrates a message using humans, fables in the other hand are stories that carry out a moral and use animals as characters, and last an analogy is the comparison between two words that are in the same category or have plenty of things in common. Metaphors are a part of my life, every single day, my life itself is a metaphor. I believe my life is a roller coaster; one day im up everything is perfect, my chin is up as high as a ceiling and another day I'm down just like the leaves in the fall. My life goes up and down quickly and unexpectedly like a rollercoaster, I have to be prepared because I know that when I'm high up I will eventually come all the way down.
