Metaphor Resources

for Teachers, Students and Poets

Look for several new indexes showing up in the coming weeks. We're cleaning up and reorganizing, but it'll take a while...In the meantime, check out the new examples pages!

• Metaphor Checker NEW!!

  Checks for metaphors, similes and idioms.

• Metaphor Systems in Speeches

• Flowers, Chocolates and Valentine's Day 

• Definition of Metaphor

• Metaphor Lists

• Examples of Metaphor

• Living and Dead Metaphors

• Photos of Metaphors

• Difference between Metaphor and Simile!

• Sensory Metaphors

• Funny Metaphors

• What Is A Metaphor?

• Metaphor Pairings

• Encapsulations (Cells)

• Hooks

• Coming Chapters

• Quotes from this site

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Metaphor Exercises/ Applied Metaphor

Metaphor examples, exercises, tests and other resources 

• Nicknames, Pet Names and Metaphors NEW!!

• Flowers, Chocolates and Valentine's Day

• Living and Dead Metaphor Exercise

• Metaphor and Simile Test

• The Language of Metaphors Field Test: Level #1

• The Language of Metaphors Field Test: Level #2

• Metaphors as a Tool for Invention (Applications)

• Exercise: Build Your Own Metaphor

• Metaphor and Multidiscipline

• The Politics of Inertia

• Highway-Strength Viagra

• A Carpet of Mouths  (unedited!)

• Chess Metaphors

• Onion Metaphors

• Monthly Crosswords full of Metaphor!

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A Language of Metaphors

A linguistic approach to artificial intelligence.

The Premise       The Preface

Awkward attempts at telling you what this is all about...

(Please forgive my butchery!)

1) Making Connections  

Objects and Concepts

How Metaphors are Born
2) Order ! Order in the Court !!  

Categorizing Metaphors
3) An "Important" Chapter  

How Metaphors Convey "Pecking Order"
4) Everything About "Nothing"  

Metaphors and Abstract Quantities
5) Metaphors As A Second Language Metaphors as Translation Tools
6) A Leap To The Left  

Metaphors are the Writing on the Cosmic Wall
7) A Prime Example  

An Alphabet of Metaphors?
8) Applying the Language of Metaphors  

The Metaphor as a Learning Tool
9) A Few Proposals  

Building a Rosetta Stone of Metaphor