Metaphors

Metaphors are away of proving a similar point without telling or giving away the objective straight forward. Metaphors allow you to get a different perspective on something from a different viewpoint to show how unfair something is using an ironic situation. As a result some metaphors can be misleading or taken the wrong way. It is important you correctly identify the objective of the metaphor to obtain the true meaning and therefore the point of it. Metaphors are hidden throughout everyday life, weather it be from songs, poems, or even just created by people to try and better explain their viewpoint on a particular subject is.

To properly identify a metaphor you must first be able to since the sarcasm. You can then relate the metaphor to the corresponding matter and see how it fits in to understand the power and meaning of the metaphor. As educators, metaphors can be a strong teaching implement. Once a student clearly understands your metaphor they will better understand the viewpoint you are trying to tell them. As a result they open their minds when they understand it causing learning, “every teacher’s goal,” and on top of that the student will often reflect back to that metaphor or viewpoint you past to them when the subject is brought up again because it influenced them. This is why metaphors are so powerful and are used in teaching today. They have the power to persuade and open student’s minds. But also encourages people to make metaphors of their own to more efficiently express their beliefs.