Name:                         Date: Metaphors Worksheet (Meanings Part 2)
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A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two things. Often times it uses the word “is.”
Directions: For each metaphor given blow, write what you think it means.
Example A: Thoughts are a storm, unexpected
someone may have many unexpected thoughts at anytime
1.Once your heart's been broken it grows back bigger-

2.His hair is a white snowflake and his hair is a messy haystack-

3.He is all heartbroken-

4.The pigeons fountained into the air-

5.Her hair was bone white-

6.He tried to help but his legs were wax-

The excerpt is from a longer essay on huckleberry finn by mark twain. what kind of support is used to develop the writer's main idea regarding how twain brought his characters to life?

In this excerpt from phillip freneau's poem “american liberty,” the speaker describes being “slaves and minions to a parliament.” what is the intended meaning of this hyperbole? and should we now when spread thro' ev'ry shore, submit to that our fathers shunn'd before? should we, just heaven, our blood and labour spent, be slaves and minions to a parliament? perish the thought, nor may one wretch remain, who dares not fight and in our cause be slain; a. the speaker feels that the colonists should pay their share of taxes. b. the speaker believes that the british government is broken and should be fixed. c. the speaker thinks that the colonists are being unfairly treated by the british government. d. the speaker intends to lead a slave revolt against the british government.

Compose a one-paragraph persuasive message board post about grendel.