Question

In pairs, find metaphors from the story to complete the table below. Try to say what qualities are being compared. One has been done for you. Object Metaphor Quality or Feature ComparedCloud Huge mountains of clouds The mass or ‘hugeness’ of mountains. Raindrops Hailstones Locusts An epidemic (a disease) that spreads very rapidly and leaves many people dead. An ox of a man.

Answer 1

1. Cloud is an example of object.

2. Huge mountains of clouds is an example of metaphor.

3. The mass or hugeness of mountains is an example of quality or feature

4. Raindrops is an examine if object

5. Hailstones is also an example of object

6. Locusts is an example of object.

7. An epidemic as a disease that spreads very rapidly and leaves many people dead is an example of quality or feature(a negative feature).

8. An ox of a man is the other way of comparing the man with an ox and it is an example of metaphor.