METAPHORS are the foundation of poetry...
Technical Writing Poetry
BARGE Jet Ski
POTATOES/RICE/BREAD Ice Cream
WORKHORSE Unicorn
No frills, no connotations, etc. for tech writing...and Poetry is the fluff...the beauty, the suggestion...
Guard Dog Lap Dog
Horse Trailer Carriage
Skim Milk Whip Cream
Sometimes when you discuss metaphors, you think of the vehicle(the word you use) and the tenor (what you want to describe with embellishment)Vehicle Tenor
Rose A beautiful girl
Noah's ark/unicorn beauty of life/things
Reviewed in class discussion:
"Marks" by Linda Pastan
the family enlists a grading scale for a mom's chores, then she uses the same system of words and "drops out"
"The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" by Francis William Bourdillon
Look for precise language, less is more,
timing, separation of words, sentences, accent to certain words, "new words", capitalization, spacing, speed, symbolism, controlling metaphors, allusions,
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