Blog #8

A cat sat in a hat. A cat is a dog. A cat is a kitchen. A cat is a bird. A cat is a friend. A cat is a glass. A cat is a street. A cat is a window.

A ball is an object. A ball is a game. A ball is a drug. A ball is a gun. A ball is a person. A ball is a table. A ball is a chair. A ball is a lamp. A ball is a fly.

The food smelled like onions. The room looked like a museum. The tree looked like a fake tree. The room smelled like cookies. The dot looked like a star. The field full of snow looked like an ice rink. The candle smelled like vanilla. The bottle looked like a sculpture. The carpet felt like cat fur. The song sounded like bells ringing. The shot sounded like the clang of two pans hitting each other. The wind felt like a breeze made by a fan. The road looked like a circuit.

“A cat is a dog” is one metaphor that can sound meaningless at first, but here is a way of understanding it: the word dog can be used to mean that somebody is deceptive, so it could mean that the cat looked in this particular way at another cat.

“A ball is a drug” can work pretty well as a metaphor. It could mean that an athlete, for example, that plays a ball sport is addicted to it and can’t stop playing it.

“The field full of snow looked like an ice rink” is a simile that can be used to show the reader that the snow shined a lot and looked perfectly flat.

“The room looked like a museum” is also a metaphor that could be used in a text to tell the reader that the room was very tidy and a bit empty or also that there was a lot of antiques.