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Metaphor |
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The Chapters |
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Introduction |
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Language of Metaphors |
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Genetics of Alphabet Soup |
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Inherent Programming |
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The Fractal Chemist |
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Nanosemaphore |
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Knowgramming |
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Fun Stuff |
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The Usual |
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Living and Dead Metaphor Exercise
Questions and rhetorical answers for class discussion.
| Note to Teachers: This series of questions aims at helping students identify living and dead metaphor. Each question is followed by an answer in question form, designed to aid in class discussion. Students will explore their own individual understanding of each metaphor to determine whether they find it personally living or dead. |
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1. Is "the growth of the economy" a dead or living metaphor? Why?
A: Is "growth" exclusively for living creatures, or does it simply mean "to become 'larger' or 'more'"?
2. Is "raising his voice above the cries of the opposition" a dead or living metaphor? Why?
A: Does "raising" mean "lifting in altitude" or simply "increasing" ? Does "above" mean "higher in altitude" or simply "more" ?
3. Is the phrase "we are all in the battlefield" a living metaphor?
A: Really, honestly, are we in a battlefield...?
4. Is " in the fight against our unseen enemy" also a living metaphor?
A: Does the enemy have qualities that can ever be seen? Can a human be a vehicle for the enemy, without being the enemy itself?
5. Why is it difficult for us to draw a clear distinction between dead metaphor and living metaphor?
A: When a graffiti artist puts a "throwup" on the wall, are they
a) tossing an object upwards against the wall?
b) vomiting on the wall?
c) quickly painting their name?
Bonus "answer": Label a), b) and c) from above with "Living metaphor", "dead metaphor" and "matter of fact".
