The Sound of Things

1. Write three original similes. (Do not use clichés such as 'wise as a fox', busy as a bee etc.)

C: Metaphor: A simile is a type of metaphor. A metaphor is a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken about or written about as if it were another. There are, just like the similes, two parts to the metaphor. The tenor is the subject of the metaphor and the vehicle is the thing to which it is being compared. Sometimes it is phrased much like a simile, only without like or as. A is B. These metaphors are direct comparisons.

"A baby's mind is a blank page"

"Dreams are butterflies..."

"Child's play is the unfettered romp..."

"Life is a journey..."

However, metaphors are not always so obvious. They are not all phrased A is B.

Sometimes they are much more subtle.

"The wasteland of her mind is too scary to explore." Wasteland and her mind are equal.

"His dreams flit from him on colored wings and escape his grasp." Here his dreams are compared to something like a butterfly or a bird but it is not specifically stated what. We have no A is B.

"She trapped herself in the webs of her own deceit." She is compared to a spider.

However, the sentence is not worded as "She is a spider trapping herself in her own deceit."

1. Write five metaphors (again avoiding clichés). Three of them can follow the A is B pattern such as "My life is a boat that never went to sea." The other two need to be more subtle. "The sails of my life were never unfurled."