Metaphor Chart

Here is the metaphor chart that I showed you as an example from class. Remember that metaphors are comparisons of two unlike things that have something in common. "The sun is a ball of fire in the sky." Here I'm comparing the sun to a ball of fire. Notice that I don't use like, as, or than.

So, onto the chart. I've picked my natural object and then I've decided which trait I want to concentrate on. My next step is to think about what I could compare my object to in order to show off the trait. For example, my tree example. The trait I picked was tall. I have to think, "Hey, what's tall?" A good answer is a mountain. So, now I'll turn this into a metaphor: "A tall green mountain."