By Max Chambers Period 3

 Conceit- an elaborate, fanciful metaphor, esp. of a strained or far-fetched nature, presented throughout an entire work

 Post on Yahoo forum Comparing a person crying to rain falling from the sky, for example, is a pretty predictable metaphor, and therefore not a conceit. Comparing a person crying to the flow of traffic down a busy highway, however, is much more unpredictable and therefore a potentially effective conceit. The association between a person crying and traffic is more complex and allows the poet to convey more detailed, in-depth meanings about the subject: Maybe the person’s crying is a daily thing, like rush-hour traffic. Maybe the person’s tears flow as fast as cars streaming down a highway.... you get the idea

All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances What Shakespearean play is this passage from? What is the author comparing? Why is it significant?

(William Shakespeare, As You Like It, 2/7) Click and let the fun continue…

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date This excerpt comes from Shakespeare’s Sonnet #_____?______

18 Click and let the fun continue…

See! How she leans her cheek upon her hand: O! that I were a glove upon that hand, That I might touch that cheek. Who said it?

Romeo “…as in Romeo and Juliet?” “That’s right, Zabe.” Click and let the fun continue…

 What is wrong with all of the given examples? A) They are stupid. B) They are all by William What’s-his-name?. C) Mrs. Bear’s dog made them up. D) You guys just want this presentation to be over. E) They are all written in a laconic manner, expressing what a conceit is but not really elaborating on the metaphor presented, which is an important characteristic of a conceit or extended metaphor.

 C) Mrs. Bear’s dog made them up.

 E) They are all written in a laconic manner, expressing what a conceit is but not really elaborating on the metaphor presented, which is an important characteristic of a conceit or extended metaphor.

 An extended metaphor, conceit, must be: A) a distracter B) intuitive C) open to interpretation D) far-fetched E) humorous

 D) far-fetched

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