You know that a metaphor compares two things by transferring a feature of one thing to the other (See Unit 1).

(i) Find metaphors for the following words and complete the table below.

Also try to say how they are alike. The first is done for you.

Storm

Tiger

Pounces over the fields, growls

Train

Fire

School

Home

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Solution

(i)

Storm

Tiger

Pounces over the fields, growls

Train

Gush of wind

Very fast movement

Fire

Anger

Danger that surrounds both on the basis of their intensities

School

Gateway

Leads to adulthood and a life of responsibility

Home

Nest

Provides hospitable, loving environment

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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 Compared
Cloud	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.

Place the cards in the right boxes in the given boxes.
(a)

(b)

Read the poem again and note down the metaphors and similes. Copy and complete the following chart.

Which comparison(s) do you find most interesting? Why?

Now can’t you complete this table

km/hour	72	48	1	……..	…….
metre/second	……..	……..	……..	1	20

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Storm	Tiger	Pounces over the fields, growls
Train
Fire
School
Home