Hello Scholars,

You’re all making excellent choices with your proposals, outlines and sources for the Metaphor Assignment. 

I’ve asked you to write a rough draft by October 5th at midday, and to share it with your Group. If anyone would like to share their draft with the class, please let me know before class. Ideally I would like two volunteers. Your draft can be as rough or as polished as you like.

As you’re writing, please think about what a true metaphor is: it compares one thing to another. If the comparison could be true, it is not a metaphor. 

Some of the examples you’ve chosen are implied, in which case you will need to describe them further.

For Monday’s class, please bring in at least one example of an everyday metaphor. For this exercise, forget about the essay and about it being a medical metaphor. Just think of any interesting metaphor. It can be a cliché or something concrete like, “his eyes are sapphires,” or something more conceptual like, “his eyes were a vortex into Hell.” We will play a game called Metaphor or Not, and talk about how to analyze metaphors and their suggestions.

If you have time, please read or skim The Rhetorical Situation of the Scientific Paper and the Appearance of Objectivity by Matthew Allen. We will look at this on Wednesday if we don’t get to it on Monday. I will just ask you to highlight one sentence that stands out to you.

If you have any questions or concerns, please email me at ybrener@ccny.cuny.edu or text me at 917-650-0515.

Have a great weekend!

Yolande