The metaphor questions for chapters 4, 5, and 6.
Set A: The Students’ Metaphors for the Seashore
If the seashore were one or more of the following six images, which one or ones would it be? Why?
| Set #1 |
| factory |
painting |
house |
| battleground |
legend |
gift |
| Set #2 |
| farm |
dance |
graveyard |
| blackberry bush |
totem pole |
hotel |
| Set #3 |
| cannery |
necklace |
town |
| pin cushion |
playground |
song |
| Set #4 |
| pot-luck dinner |
patchwork quilt |
family |
| jewel |
spaceship |
garden |
Set B: The Students’ Metaphors for the Animals, Objects and Events at the Seashore
If a barnacle were one or more of the following images, which one or ones would it be? Why?
| thumb tack |
fisherman |
song |
| house |
rock |
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If a seagull were one or more of the following images, which one or ones would it be? Why?
| spear |
robber |
pearl |
| janitor |
dance |
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If seaweed were one or more of the following images, which one or ones would it be? Why?
| garden |
banana peel |
curtain |
| forest |
patchwork quilt |
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If a crab were one or more of the following images, which one or ones would it be? Why?
| robot |
pair of pliers |
mobile house |
| feast |
garbage collector |
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If cobblestone were one or more of the following images, which one or ones would it be? Why?
| umbrella |
hairbrush |
community |
| totem pole |
hotel |
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If a tidal pool were one or more of the following images, which one or ones would it be? Why?
| painting |
store |
town |
| dance |
war |
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If a sea star were one or more of the following images, which one or ones would it be? Why?
| spaceship |
can opener |
flower |
| robber |
jewel |
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If the tide were one or more of the following images, which one or ones would it be? Why?
| song |
mop |
bowling ball |
| legend |
gift |
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If the sun were one or more of the following images, which one or ones would it be? Why?
| jewel |
furnace |
gift |
| factory |
lamp |
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If mud were one or more of the following images, which one or ones would it be? Why?
| pillow |
tunnel |
piano |
| city |
pot-luck dinner |
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If a clam were one or more of the following images, which one or ones would it be? Why?
| dance |
legend |
potlatch |
| necklace |
vacuum cleaner |
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If sea water were one or more of the following images, which one or ones would it be? Why?
| diamond |
soup |
theatre |
| dance |
factory |
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If a sea anemone were one or more of the following images, which one or ones would it be? Why?
| garden |
flower |
mouse-trap |
| dress |
person |
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If sand were one or more of the following images, which one or ones would it be? Why?
| graveyard |
sandcastle |
theatre |
| mattress |
bullets |
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If a sea urchin were one or more of the following images, which one or ones would it be? Why?
| sun burst |
spaceship |
lawn mower |
| farmer |
pin cushion |
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Set C: If You Were A…
If you were a crab, would you most like to be a:
| hermit crab |
edible crab |
purple shore crab |
If you were a starfish, would you most like to be a:
| sunflower star |
sun star |
purple star |
If you were a rock, would you most like to be a:
| boulder |
sand grain |
polished beach pebble |
If you were a bird, would you most like to be a:
If you were a fish, would you most like to be a:
If you were a type of seashore, would you most like to be a:
| rocky shore |
cobblestone beach |
sandy beach |
| mud flat |
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If you were the weather, would you most like to be a:
| sunny day |
rainy day
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stormy day |
If you were a mammal, would you most like to be a:
| seal |
sea lion |
killer whale |
If you were the wind, would you most like to be a:
| windy day |
gentle breeze |
hurricane |
If you were the tide, would you most like to be a:
| low tide |
high tide |
ebb tide |
If you were a boat, would you most like to be a:
| sail boat |
ferry boat |
fishing boat |
If you were anything you wanted to be at the seashore, what would you most like to be? Why?
Set D: The Students’ Own Relationship to the Seashore
I am to the seashore as a… and why?
| Set 1 |
driver is to a car |
passenger is to a car |
mechanic is to a car |
| Set 2 |
story teller is to a story |
listener is to a story |
animal is to a story |
| Set 3 |
manager is to a hockey team |
hockey puck is to a hockey team |
uniform is to a hockey team |
| Set 4 |
leaves are to a tree |
roots are to a tree |
bark is to a tree |
| Set 5 |
lock is to a necklace |
bead is to a necklace |
string is to a necklace |
| Set 6 |
fruit is to a blackberry bush |
thorn is to a blackberry bush |
flower is to a blackberry bush |
| Set 7 |
owner is to a fishing boat |
captain is to a fishing boat |
deckhand is to a fishing boat |
| Set 8 |
window is to a house |
door is to a house |
roof is to a house |
| Set 9 |
cloth is to a curtain |
lace is to a curtain |
stitches are to a curtain |
