{"id":13983,"date":"2025-08-27T15:09:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T22:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=13983"},"modified":"2025-08-27T15:10:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T22:10:23","slug":"metaphors-and-hyperbole-prompt-853","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/metaphors-and-hyperbole-prompt-853\/","title":{"rendered":"Metaphors and Hyperbole . . . Prompt #853"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Prompt One<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make a list of things that surprised or astonished you or made you feel uncomfortable. Something from a long time ago or recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just a list for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prompt Two<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using your list, make a list of emotions you felt either during what you experienced or emotions you felt today or are feeling right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example: Fear, anger, surprise, annoyance, joy, angst, acceptance <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prompt Three<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A metaphor compares two unlike things to show a relationship without <\/strong>using \u201clike\u201d or \u201cas.\u201d Metaphors imply that one thing is<\/strong> another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Examples of metaphors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chaos is a friend of mine.<\/em> \u2014<\/em>Bob Dylan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You ain\u2019t nothin\u2019 but a hound dog, cryin\u2019 all the time. \u2014<\/em>Elvis Presley<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Darling, I\u2019m a nightmare dressed like a daydream.<\/em> \u2014<\/em>Taylor Swift<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My heart, a church where no one prays. Lonely pews and smudged stained glass. <\/em>The Forever Workshop<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing Prompt:<\/strong> Choose an emotion from your list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Write what happened that caused these emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use sensory detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sight. Sound. Touch. Taste. Smell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use metaphors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just Write!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prompt Four Hyperbole<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use hyperbole to describe an emotion. You can expand upon something you have written or use a new topic to write about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hyperbole is exaggeration to the extreme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No one is going to judge you nor your writing. So you can exaggerate as much as you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Examples of hyperbole:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cry me a river              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enough food to feed an army<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has the memory of an elephant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I could sleep for a week<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I died of embarrassment <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had to walk to the ends of the Earth to find it<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a jungle out there<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s so hot, you could fry an egg on the sidewalk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing Prompt:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choose something from your list. Write what happened as if you are telling a gullible listener.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expand upon one of the above hyperbole examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Or: \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Write whatever is popping up in your head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Idea for this prompt inspired from The Forever Workshop<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story of Pinocchio, as metaphor:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gepetto, a woodcarver, prays that a puppet he carved could become a real boy. According to Phil Romo,\u00a0a \u201creal boy\u201d is a metaphor for being an autonomous individual, not bound to ideologies or to existing institutions. \u201cTo think for yourself . . . Don\u2019t be bound to the strings you are born into.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Blue Fairy grants life to Geppetto’s puppet. This is a metaphor for human birth, the \u2018miracle of life.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excerpted from \u201c<\/strong>Life is a Beautiful Ride<\/a>\u201d <\/strong>by Phil Romo<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Future writing:<\/strong> Choose something from one of your lists and Just Write!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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