What’s on the Metaphor poster
A definition and 5 facts worth remembering.
A comparison that says one thing IS another, with no 'like' or 'as'.
- Example: the classroom was a zoo
- Example: he is a walking dictionary
- Example: time is a thief
- How to spot it: One thing is stated to be another thing it clearly is not.
- Effect: Stronger than a simile — it collapses the two things together.
- One thing is stated to be another thing it clearly is not.
Naming it earns half the mark. Explaining its effect on the reader earns the other half.
Questions about the Metaphor poster
- What’s on the Metaphor poster?
- A definition and 5 facts worth remembering. A comparison that says one thing IS another, with no 'like' or 'as'. Example: the classroom was a zoo; Example: he is a walking dictionary; Example: time is a thief; How to spot it: One thing is stated to be another thing it clearly is not.; Effect: Stronger than a simile — it collapses the two things together.; One thing is stated to be another thing it clearly is not.. Naming it earns half the mark. Explaining its effect on the reader earns the other half.
- Who is the Metaphor poster for?
- Metaphor is filed under 6th Grade (ages 11–12), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting literacy, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
- When should you use the Metaphor poster?
- Find one in tonight's reading, name it, then say what it does. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Metaphor belongs on the wall where that literacy work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Metaphor?
- Alliteration, Hyperbole and Idiom sit alongside Metaphor in the 6th Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.AlliterationHyperboleIdiom
- Is the Metaphor poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Metaphor downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 6th Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Metaphor poster print at?
- Metaphor is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Metaphor loses nothing.Printing guide
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