Metaphor is a term for a figure of speech, which does not use a word in
its basic literal sense. Instead, it uses a
word in a kind of comparison. We run, and we also say rivers run. We may
run into trouble, especially if we run up a bill at the bar. Therefore a
metaphor uses words to make a picture in our mind. It takes a word from
its original context and uses it in another.
"I beat him with a stick" = literal meaning of 'beat'.
"I beat him in an argument" = metaphorical meaning of 'beat'.
Metaphors are an essential part of language: it is not possible to speak or write without them. A simple example is the word "run". This has a basic meaning of "moving quickly" or "go with quick steps on alternate feet, never having both feet on the ground at the same time''. We use metaphors to make indirect comparisons, but without using 'like' or 'as' – because that would be a similie. A simile is a direct comparison: "Jane is like a child". A metaphor very often uses the verb'to be': "love is war", for example, not '' love is like war". Poetry includes much metaphor, usually more than pose.
A metaphor could be used in art through different forms. We as a class chose random words that could then present in a form of metaphor in a drawing. ....presents the word 'headphones' and development of each idea. Same with other words, which are vacum cleaner and the energy drinks, from which I had to think of the literal meaning of each word and try to create a metapor out of it. For instance, head phones, taking it apart would be 'head' and 'phone', therefore I presented a number of ideas that could present it, that are presented below.
"I beat him with a stick" = literal meaning of 'beat'.
"I beat him in an argument" = metaphorical meaning of 'beat'.
Metaphors are an essential part of language: it is not possible to speak or write without them. A simple example is the word "run". This has a basic meaning of "moving quickly" or "go with quick steps on alternate feet, never having both feet on the ground at the same time''. We use metaphors to make indirect comparisons, but without using 'like' or 'as' – because that would be a similie. A simile is a direct comparison: "Jane is like a child". A metaphor very often uses the verb'to be': "love is war", for example, not '' love is like war". Poetry includes much metaphor, usually more than pose.
A metaphor could be used in art through different forms. We as a class chose random words that could then present in a form of metaphor in a drawing. ....presents the word 'headphones' and development of each idea. Same with other words, which are vacum cleaner and the energy drinks, from which I had to think of the literal meaning of each word and try to create a metapor out of it. For instance, head phones, taking it apart would be 'head' and 'phone', therefore I presented a number of ideas that could present it, that are presented below.
Image on the bottom right presents a metaphor of headphones, the top two however an energy drink.
All the top images present headphones, yet the bottom ones of the spirarals and tornado present a vaccum cleaner.
All the images on this paper simply present an energy drink.
Hi,
ReplyDeletegreat info on what a metaphor is and I love the diagrams. Could I suggest that to achieve your A target, you review the quality of these images an add a more thorough description of the process you went through for each idea in your diagrams. In other words, how did your idea develop and improve?
Well done!
Mr B
Comment more on the process of your idea, what metaphor you took further and why, and how that helped you developed your ideas, this feels quite separate xx
ReplyDeleteI added the responses of metaphor yet still did not explain what the ideas behind them were about
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