Oh those hs students of today
Frances Morey
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Subject: Actual Metaphors from High School Essays
> Actual Analogies and Metaphors Found in High School Essays
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>
>
> 1.) Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two other
sides
>
> gently compressed by a Thigh Master.
>
>
>
> 2.) His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances
like
>
> underpants in a dryer without Cling Free.
>
>
>
> 3.) He spoke with wisdom that can only come from experience, like a
guy
who
>
> went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those
boxes
>
> with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high
>
> schools about the dangers of looking at solar eclipse without one
those
>
> boxes with a pinhole in it.
>
>
>
> 4.) She grew on him like she was a colony of E. coli and he was room
>
> temperature Canadian beef .
>
>
>
> 5.) She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog
makes
> just
>
> before it throws up.
>
>
>
> 6.) Her vocabulary was as bad as, like whatever.
>
>
>
> 7.) He was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree.
>
>
>
> 8.) The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had disintegrated
because
>
> of his wife's infidelity came as a rude shock, like a surcharge at a
>
> formally surcharge-free ATM.
>
>
>
> 9.) The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a
> bowling
>
> ball wouldn't.
>
>
>
> 10.) McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty bag
filled
>
> with vegetable soup.
>
>
>
> 11.) From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had an
eerie,
>
> surreal quality, like when you're on vacation in another city and
Jeopardy
>
> comes on at 7:00 pm instead of 7:30.
>
>
>
> 12.) Her hair glistened in the rain like nose hair after a sneeze.
>
>
>
> 13.) The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when
you
>
> fry them in hot grease.
>
>
>
> 14.) Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced
across
the
>
> grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one having
left
>
> Cleveland at 6:36 pm traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at
4:19
>
> pm at a speed of 35 mph.
>
>
>
> 15.) They lived in a typical suburban neighborhood with picket fences
that
>
> resembled Nancy Kerrigan's teeth.
>
>
>
> 16.) John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who
had
>
> also never met.
>
>
>
> 17.) He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant and she was
the
> East
>
> River.
>
>
>
> 18.) Even in his last years, Grandpappy had a mind like a steel trap,
only
>
> one that had been left out so long it had rusted shut.
>
>
>
> 19.) Shots rang out, as shots are known to do.
>
>
>
> 20.) The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike
Phil,
> this
>
> plan just might work.
>
>
>
> 21.) The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not
>
> eating for a while.
>
>
>
> 22.) He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck,
either, but
> a
>
> real duck that was actually lame - - maybe from stepping on a land
mine or
>
> something.
>
>
>
> 23.) The ballerina rose gracefully en pointe and extended one slender
leg
>
> behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.
>
>
>
> 24.) It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids around
with
>
> power tools.
>
>
>
> 25.) He was deeply in love. When she spoke, he thought he heard
bells, as
> if
>
> she were a garbage truck backing up.
>
>
>
> 26.) She was as easy as the TV Guide crossword.
>
>
>
> 27.) She walked into my office like a centipede with 98 missing legs.
>
>
>
> 28.) Her voice had that tense, grating quality, like a generation
thermal
>
> paper fax machine that needed a band tightened.
>
>
>
> 29.) It hurt the way your tongue hurts after you accidentally staple
it to
>
> the wall.
>
>
>
>
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<DIV><<A href="http://us.f406.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=neolith@swbell.net&YY=31792&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b">neolith@swbell.net</A>><BR>Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 8:20 PM<BR>Subject: Actual Metaphors from High School Essays<BR><BR><BR>> Actual Analogies and Metaphors Found in High School Essays<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 1.) Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two other<BR>sides<BR>><BR>> gently compressed by a Thigh Master.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 2.) His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances <BR>like<BR>><BR>> underpants in a dryer without Cling Free.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 3.) He spoke with wisdom that can only come from experience, like a <BR>guy<BR>who<BR>><BR>> went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those <BR>boxes<BR>><BR>> with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high<BR>><BR>> schools about the dangers of looking at solar eclipse without one <BR>those<BR>><BR>> boxes with a pinhole in it.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 4.) She grew on him like she was a colony of E. coli and he was room<BR>><BR>> temperature Canadian beef .<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 5.) She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog <BR>makes<BR>> just<BR>><BR>> before it throws up.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 6.) Her vocabulary was as bad as, like whatever.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 7.) He was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 8.) The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had disintegrated <BR>because<BR>><BR>> of his wife's infidelity came as a rude shock, like a surcharge at a<BR>><BR>> formally surcharge-free ATM.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 9.) The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a<BR>> bowling<BR>><BR>> ball wouldn't.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 10.) McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty bag <BR>filled<BR>><BR>> with vegetable soup.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 11.) From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had an <BR>eerie,<BR>><BR>> surreal quality, like when you're on vacation in another city and <BR>Jeopardy<BR>><BR>> comes on at 7:00 pm instead of 7:30.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 12.) Her hair glistened in the rain like nose hair after a sneeze.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 13.) The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when <BR>you<BR>><BR>> fry them in hot grease.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 14.) Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced <BR>across<BR>the<BR>><BR>> grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one having <BR>left<BR>><BR>> Cleveland at 6:36 pm traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at <BR>4:19<BR>><BR>> pm at a speed of 35 mph.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 15.) They lived in a typical suburban neighborhood with picket fences <BR>that<BR>><BR>> resembled Nancy Kerrigan's teeth.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 16.) John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who <BR>had<BR>><BR>> also never met.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 17.) He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant and she was <BR>the<BR>> East<BR>><BR>> River.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 18.) Even in his last years, Grandpappy had a mind like a steel trap, <BR>only<BR>><BR>> one that had been left out so long it had rusted shut.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 19.) Shots rang out, as shots are known to do.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 20.) The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike <BR>Phil,<BR>> this<BR>><BR>> plan just might work.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 21.) The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not<BR>><BR>> eating for a while.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 22.) He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck, <BR>either, but<BR>> a<BR>><BR>> real duck that was actually lame - - maybe from stepping on a land <BR>mine or<BR>><BR>> something.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 23.) The ballerina rose gracefully en pointe and extended one slender <BR>leg<BR>><BR>> behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 24.) It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids around <BR>with<BR>><BR>> power tools.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 25.) He was deeply in love. When she spoke, he thought he heard <BR>bells, as<BR>> if<BR>><BR>> she were a garbage truck backing up.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 26.) She was as easy as the TV Guide crossword.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 27.) She walked into my office like a centipede with 98 missing legs.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 28.) Her voice had that tense, grating quality, like a generation <BR>thermal<BR>><BR>> paper fax machine that needed a band tightened.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> 29.) It hurt the way your tongue hurts after you accidentally staple <BR>it to<BR>><BR>> the wall.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR></DIV><p><hr SIZE=1>
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