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Metaphor MOC

Metaphors help compare two different things with similar qualities. Below are different kinds of comparisons you could make between two things.

By State, Change, and Rate of Change

1. Current State: How is it similar or different?
2. Changing State: How does it relate to change?
3. Rate of Change: At what rate does it change?

By Definitions (Relationships)

• What is it? What is it like? How does it relate?
• Redefinition: replace old definition with something else
• Same as : Opposite of
  • It’s the same as this. It’s the opposite of that.
• Genus : Species
  • Rectangle : Square
• Whole : Parts
  • Bike : Spoke
• Either this : Or that
• Similar to : Different from
  • It’s not unlike [BLANK] .
  • It’s like [BLANK], in that [BLANK], but not in [BLANK] .
• More than : Less than

By CHANGE to Relationships

• How does it change?
• If that : Then this
• Causes : Results from
• Affects : is Affected by
• Increases : Decreases
• Attracts : Repels
• Better than: Worse than
• Exaggerated : Understated
• Praised : Denounced
• Before : After
  • It’s before this. It’s after that.
• As that : So this
  • As that happens, so does this.
• Possible : Impossible
  • It’s possible if/because this. It’s impossible if/because that.
• Encourages : Discourages
  • It encourages. It discourages.

By Function

• what does it do?
• transform a thing
• Transform itself
  • A reversible jacket
• Grow
• Influence
• Shrink
• Multiply
• Improve
• Harm

By Circumstances

• What is the context surrounding it?
• Circumstances
  • Tragic : Comedic / Funny / Humorous
• Circumstances of People
  • Family, race, country, sex, age, education, physical appearance, fortune, rank, natural disposition, desires, inclinations, previous acts and sayings, passion, wisdom, name. [From Erasmus]
  • Birth, children, wealth, reputation, honor, health, beauty, strength, bodily stature, bodily excellence, a good old age, friendships, luck, happiness, justice, courage, temperament, magnanimity, magnificence, ability to speak and act, charisma, natural talent, skill, memory ease in learning, quick-wittedness, knowledge, art, life. [Adapted from Aristotle]
• Circumstances of Things
  • Cause, place, time, occasion, antecedents of the affair (context), collateral circumstances, consequences, opportunity, instrument, method.