Compound Metaphors
Write a short paragraph that includes a compound metaphor, and explain why it is compound.
Mixed Metaphors
Write a paragraph containing mixed metaphors used for comic effect.
Miss Malaprop meets President Bush
Explain why each of the metaphors used in the list of Bushisms is mixed.
Root Metaphors
Give an example of a root metaphor.
An Allegory Is an Onion
What’s the point of the Grushenka story?
Outline an Allegory
Create an allegory in outline form.
Hyperbole
Write a short paragraph that makes effective use of hyperbole.
A Class Is a Class, and an Object Is an Object
Try your hand at creating metaphors that convey the sense of the blueprint and building
and cookie cutter and cookie metaphors discussed in the text.
Describe a Technical Concept
Write a description of a technical idea. See if your description can convey the sense of
the idea to someone who knows nothing about it without using metaphors. See if your
description can be improved using metaphors.
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