A metaphor compares two things
METAPHOR
Geraldo and his dad parked in a sea of cars at the
church. The sun was a blood orange sinking lower in the sky,
and the church's spaghetti dinner was nearly at its end.
The church was holding the fundraiser dinner to install
a new playground. The current playground's wooden bridge
was a porcupine, covered in splinters. The metal slides were
magnets for sunlight, so they were almost impossible to use
on warm days. Geraldo had helped advertise the dinner and
was eager to support the cause. He had begged his dad to
rush home from work so they could make it to the dinner on
time.
"It looks like the troops showed up to support the
playground," Geraldo's dad said as they walked into the
church hall. The parishioners were sardines, squished
ogether on benches and happily slurping heaps of spaghetti.
"This place is a zoo!" Geraldo agreed happily. "The
inner is a success!"
DO IT TO IT
In YELLOW, highlight all the
metaphor examples that you
can find.
In RED, underline the two
things being compared in
each metaphor.
In GREEN, circle a metapha
and then reword it so that
is NOT a metaphor.
The line was a winding river that seemed to flow
ndlessly until Geraldo and his dad finally reached the food.
he empty cave of Geraldo's stomach echoed with loud
Fowls. "Guess you got to me just in time," a server laughed,
anding him a plate.
As they paid for their dinners, a representative from the
urch stood up at a microphone. From what Geraldo could
e, she was flying high with excitement. "I am tickled pink to
nounce that we have just reached our goal!" she
nounced. Gesturing toward Geraldo and his dad, she
ed, "These two gentlemen have bought the last two
onded to sell to build our playground!"
runting with applause. Even
work
DO IT AGAT
Choose one of the metaph
from the text, and circle i
Rewrite it so that you are
same item with some