METAPHORS
HOW ARE THEY USED
HOW THEY MAKE YOUR WRITING BETTER
Metaphors make your writing better by comparing things using is and was. People use metaphors to make their writing more vivid and interesting. Metaphors make your writing more dramatic.
THEY ARE NOT WHAT YOU THINK
They are more than a comparisons without using like or as. Metaphors are everywhere around you. They give an object a name that does not belong to it. Using a metaphor is like expressing one thing in the terms of another.
EXAMPLES
- Her eyes were fireflies.
- She cut him down with her words.
- The teacher planted the seeds of wisdom.
- Her hope is a fragile seed.
- The lake was a mirror.