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The Kitchen Is a Zoo

Metaphors: saying one thing is another

Lesson 2
Spicy
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Chef Polpetta

A metaphor makes the reader do the work. Choose one that shows exactly what you mean.

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Tick the metaphor

aThe traffic was a slow river of red lights.The traffic was really very slow.metaphor
bTime was like a thief.Time was a thief that stole the afternoon.metaphor
cHer temper was a firework.Her temper was quite bad.metaphor
dThe library was a quiet room.The library was a held breath.metaphor
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Find the 4 mistakes

The new café was a lighthouse on a grey street. The coffee was sugar, bitter and black. The croissants were bricks, light and flaky. The waiter was a swan. Our wobbly table was a mountain. The owner's warm smile was a freezer.
Two metaphors already work. The rest compare things that share nothing.
Write the corrections here
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a Turn the storm was as loud as a drum into a fresh metaphor:
b Write a metaphor for a crowded train (no like, no as):
c Write a metaphor for how you feel on a Monday morning, and say what it shows:
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Help Polpetta

Chef Polpetta

I wrote two metaphors for the menu! Gino is a waiter. The soup was like lava. Two metaphors! Perfetto, no?

Rewrite Polpetta's two lines as fresh metaphors, then explain the difference between a simile and a metaphor.
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