Explaining Metaphors - Boiling with Anger - By MortonandWebster
Transcript
| 00:05 | turn on something a bit off . Welcome to a | |
| 00:12 | video on metaphors . As teachers , we sometimes find | |
| 00:16 | that our pupils find it difficult to explain what the | |
| 00:18 | point of a metaphor is . We're going to try | |
| 00:21 | to explain this to you . Using an example , | |
| 00:24 | I'd like you to imagine that Morton , for some | |
| 00:27 | reason , was very , very angry about something . | |
| 00:31 | Let's say he was angry because yesterday I beat him | |
| 00:33 | a tennis . He was so unhappy with his performance | |
| 00:37 | that every bad shot he played made him boil with | |
| 00:39 | anger . Now you've probably heard this expression before . | |
| 00:44 | It's a metaphor that's used to describe extreme levels of | |
| 00:47 | anger , but we know it can't literally be true | |
| 00:51 | . Otherwise , Morton would be dead . So why | |
| 00:55 | not just say that I was very , very , | |
| 00:58 | very angry ? Why use a metaphor that might make | |
| 01:01 | people think I was dead ? Well , as with | |
| 01:04 | other metaphors , it's about borrowing , meaning the word | |
| 01:07 | anger borrows meaning from the word boiling . Now forget | |
| 01:13 | about this story for a moment and think how many | |
| 01:15 | different things just the word boiling reminds you of . | |
| 01:18 | Perhaps you could pause the video and jot down a | |
| 01:20 | list . Okay , here are a few things that | |
| 01:25 | we came up with . You don't have to agree | |
| 01:28 | with all of them , and you could probably come | |
| 01:29 | up with a better list yourself . But here are | |
| 01:32 | a few words which the idea of boiling reminded us | |
| 01:34 | off . As you can see , then , the | |
| 01:37 | metaphor does much more than simply say that Morton was | |
| 01:40 | very angry . It suggests that his anger was spilling | |
| 01:43 | over like a boiling pot that you've forgotten about on | |
| 01:45 | the stove . His anger was visible and perhaps out | |
| 01:51 | of control . People are often good at concealing or | |
| 01:55 | controlling their anger , but this metaphor suggests that Morton | |
| 01:59 | was failing to do this . Then there's the heat | |
| 02:01 | required to boil something , perhaps with a fire , | |
| 02:05 | or we may even think of boiling molten lava . | |
| 02:09 | These things help to suggest that Morton's anger was dangerous | |
| 02:12 | or even destructive . Of course , the metaphor might | |
| 02:19 | also help us to appreciate that Morton was a sore | |
| 02:21 | loser yesterday , But more than anything , we hope | |
| 02:25 | you can see how the metaphor goes beyond simply saying | |
| 02:27 | that more time was very , very angry . Thank | |
| 02:31 | you very much , Webster . I think you've said | |
| 02:34 | quite enough about metaphors for one day on . We'll | |
| 02:37 | see who the loser is next week . When I | |
| 02:39 | get my revenge on , don't forget to subscribe to | |
| 02:44 | the Morton and Webster channels firm or helpful English tips | |
| 02:48 | and advice . |
Summarizer
DESCRIPTION:
This video finds associations to the expression "boil with anger" as a way to demonstrate how to find the meaning in metaphors. It shows how "anger" borrows meaning from "boil".
OVERVIEW:
Explaining Metaphors - Boiling with Anger is a free educational video by MortonandWebster.It helps students in grades 4 practice the following standards L.4.5.A.
This page not only allows students and teachers view Explaining Metaphors - Boiling with Anger but also find engaging Sample Questions, Apps, Pins, Worksheets, Books related to the following topics.
1. L.4.5.A : Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors (e.g., as pretty as a picture) in context..
GRADES:
4
STANDARDS:
L.4.5.A
