Metaphor Collage MetaphorSimile Why Metaphor Gives us a

Metaphor • Gives us a new/interesting way to think. • Yes, it compares two

Simple examples • Elephant in the room. • Slippery slope • A few bad

Pick one…. • “I don’t always see the world completely in black and white,

Metaphor in Song Lyrics • Best to keep things in the shallow end, cause

More Metaphor. . Looking for treasure in the things that you threw, like a

Simile The art of collage is like life, you take what you have and

• As you find your own visual/written metaphor and create your own visual

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Metaphor Collage

Metaphor/Simile Why?

Metaphor • Gives us a new/interesting way to think. • Yes, it compares two things without using like or as, but it does so much more! • It compares things, in order to give us a different view. It’s colorful speech!!!

Simple examples • Elephant in the room. • Slippery slope • A few bad apples spoils the bunch.

Pick one…. • “I don’t always see the world completely in black and white, sometimes I do. ” …Benicio Del Toro • “A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. ” …Anonymous • “A ship in harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for. …John Shedd

Metaphor in Song Lyrics • Best to keep things in the shallow end, cause I never quite learned how to swim. I just didn’t want to know. (Perfect Circle) Shine on you crazy diamonds. (Pink Floyd)

More Metaphor. . Looking for treasure in the things that you threw, like a mag pie, I live for the glitter not you. (Mika Song) Men who fear Demons, see them everywhere (Brom, The Child Thief)

Simile The art of collage is like life, you take what you have and make the most of it.

Visual Metaphor Two Examples

Obvious Visual Reference

“My Life”

Can a person be a metaphor?

Student Metaphor Collages

Romare Bearden (Artist of the Unit)

• As you find your own visual/written metaphor and create your own visual metaphor (collage), please contemplate, analyze, and reflect. . Make us think!