Lazar, Gillian.
Meanings and metaphors : activities to practise figurative language / Gillian Lazar. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003. - ix, 132 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. - Cambridge copy collection .
Thanks and acknowledgements - Map of the book - Introduction - 1. What is figurative language ?: Metaphors and similes - 2. The heart of the matter: Parts of the body - 3. Playing the games: Games and sports - 4. Time to spare: Time and money - 5. A warm welcome: weather - 6. Taking steps: life is a journey - 7. A recipe for success: Cooking and tastes - 8. Fabulous fables: Stories with metaphorical meanings - 9. Ups and downs: describing feelings - 10. Running like clockwork: Machines - 11. Branching out: Plants - 12. Getting the green light: Colours - 13. Opening doors: Parts of buildings - 14. As free as a bird: Common similes - 15. Marketing your metaphors : Advertising - 16. A bird in the hand: Proverbs - 17. Mix me a metaphor: Poems - 18. Selling with similes: Inventing similes - 19. Shedding light on the matter: Light and dark - 20. Plain sailing: Games and sports - 21. Rising to the top: 'Up' and 'down' - 22. Infectious laughter: Health and illness - 23. Facing up to it: Parts of the body - 24. Horsing around: Animals - 25. Food for thought: Cooking and food - 26. In a nutshell: Origins of idioms - 27. Keeping your cool: Temperature - 28. Rough diamonds: Describing People - 29. Persuasion: Advertising - 30. Breezing through: Weather - 31. Pictures in the mind: Decriptive writing - 32. Ripples and sparks: Water and fire - 33. Learning is juggling: Analogies - 34. The long night of captivity: Metaphors in rhetoric - Extension and revision activities - Student record sheet.
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Figures of speech.
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.
428.24 / LAZ
Meanings and metaphors : activities to practise figurative language / Gillian Lazar. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003. - ix, 132 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. - Cambridge copy collection .
Thanks and acknowledgements - Map of the book - Introduction - 1. What is figurative language ?: Metaphors and similes - 2. The heart of the matter: Parts of the body - 3. Playing the games: Games and sports - 4. Time to spare: Time and money - 5. A warm welcome: weather - 6. Taking steps: life is a journey - 7. A recipe for success: Cooking and tastes - 8. Fabulous fables: Stories with metaphorical meanings - 9. Ups and downs: describing feelings - 10. Running like clockwork: Machines - 11. Branching out: Plants - 12. Getting the green light: Colours - 13. Opening doors: Parts of buildings - 14. As free as a bird: Common similes - 15. Marketing your metaphors : Advertising - 16. A bird in the hand: Proverbs - 17. Mix me a metaphor: Poems - 18. Selling with similes: Inventing similes - 19. Shedding light on the matter: Light and dark - 20. Plain sailing: Games and sports - 21. Rising to the top: 'Up' and 'down' - 22. Infectious laughter: Health and illness - 23. Facing up to it: Parts of the body - 24. Horsing around: Animals - 25. Food for thought: Cooking and food - 26. In a nutshell: Origins of idioms - 27. Keeping your cool: Temperature - 28. Rough diamonds: Describing People - 29. Persuasion: Advertising - 30. Breezing through: Weather - 31. Pictures in the mind: Decriptive writing - 32. Ripples and sparks: Water and fire - 33. Learning is juggling: Analogies - 34. The long night of captivity: Metaphors in rhetoric - Extension and revision activities - Student record sheet.
0521774365
Figures of speech.
English language--Textbooks for foreign speakers.
428.24 / LAZ