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The one most important trait about metaphors in being able to connect and understand the concept on a deeper level. I feel that metaphors help give better analogies as to what idea you are trying to get across. My metaphor "writing gives me butterflies" helps focus on my own writing process and how writing makes me feel. reading the metaphor helps realize that writing makes me nervous.

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Strong underlying message The way of writing

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Strong underlying message The way of writing

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I noticed that many of the traits were very dynamic and very spread out to what a metaphor is. I chose to chose a trait of what a metaphor means which is having a message. You don't want the message to open so it should to lay it under all the words for people to interpret and figure out which is very smart.

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While going through this weeks lesson I have learned the importance metaphors bring to your everyday writing. It was important for me to understand the difference and dramatic aspect it can add to any project you are working on. It helps us draw deeper connections between writing and other aspects of life. It allows you to become more connected with the information you are trying to interpret as well.

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A closer look at our writing- Holly Ferdon

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A closer look at our writing- Holly Ferdon

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The most important trait that I found within all of my peers responses is that the metaphor needs to clearly communicate an imaginable feeling or emotion. After reading the responses, I found that many of us compared writing to something free and expressive (cooking, dancing, running), things we can all make connections to.

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After reading my peers responses, I noticed that many of my classmates and I have the same views on writing. That view would be that it is challenging and we all have our own struggles with writing. On to metaphors in writing, it is emphasizes the main idea but through mental images and descriptive wording. I believe the purpose of a metaphor is to give the reader an overall understanding in a way that is better comprehensible but is somewhat of out of the box.

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I noticed that the traits had a clear connection and showed a lot on how everyone struggles. Understanding someones side or point of view is important when trying to relate to a particular subject. The metaphors used were a great way to keep in mind what attracts others and interests them. After viewing my peers responses I was able to make a clear connection to what it is that they are interested in.

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After reading my peers responses and ideas I grasped that one of the most important traits you need in a metaphor is connection. This connection can come emotionally but it needs to portray a message so someone could be able to tell the relations between writing and what you’re comparing it too. It’s very important to create a specific, defined metaphor that can identify the common traits and make readers fully grasp the concept of what the connection between the two really is.

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In creating a successful metaphor I notice one's audience must be able to comprehend and digest it naturally. This is super important as it may get ignored or misconstrued if done incorrectly, the reader may get another idea rather than the one the writer had in mind. When creating a metaphor I keep this in mind and consider who would be reading my work, would they understand and relate?

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The Recipe for a Metaphor - Parker Kavulich

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The Recipe for a Metaphor - Parker Kavulich

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When creating a metaphor the writers number one goal is to convey the emotion you want to properly convey. When I write I always try my best to help to writer understand what I’m feeling to a tee. A great way to convey an emotion that isn’t in normal diction is to create a metaphor!

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The metaphor I used is feeling more comfortable after I read my peers metaphors. I think my metaphor is more clear and they would understand it well. Like "Watching paint dry" is good because it is boring to do and everyone knows that. All the metaphors where all unique in their own way. I also want to have people think deeper about my metaphor to.  

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The metaphor I used is feeling more comfortable after I read my peers metaphors. I think my metaphor is more clear and they would understand it well. Like "Watching paint dry" is good because it is boring to do and everyone knows that. All the metaphors where all unique in their own way. I also want to have people think deeper about my metaphor to.  

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The most important trait of a metaphor is that it portrays a different perspective while using creativity. I noticed that everyone relates to something that is more difficult for them. A metaphor helps you create an image in your head to understand others point of view.

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After reading my peers responses on writing metaphors, I feel comfortable to say that for it to be clear and well understood, the metaphor needs to contain a feeling that is imaginable. For example, "writing is a marathon, not a sprint." This instantly tells the reader that it's a long process, not a quick one. This helps the reader understand what writing overall looks like. It gives the big picture.

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The marathon of a writing process-Bryce Cleave 

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The marathon of a writing process-Bryce Cleave 

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One metaphor always come to my head when I think about writing, it is, "writing is a marathon not a sprint." This is what I always think of before I start a long essay. When I read many other peoples metaphors I realized that many had the same idea as mine. When I read these metaphors most had a similar idea of relating them to something that takes time or something that is only possible by hard work. When we wrote these most of us related them to something that could be hard for us, in my case running a marathon.

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The freeness of writing- Cooper Simpson 

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The freeness of writing- Cooper Simpson 

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A similarity I found after looking at my peers responses is that a lot of us compared writing to something free and expressive (dancing, baking, running). I took away that most of my classmates write freely, and sometimes with not a lot of instructions or guidelines. Just like dancing and baking, writing is not always perfect but it can still be great. I think a metaphor about writing should be something you unique to your writing process.

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The metaphor I used was "writing is like sailing in the ocean". When you are out at sea you can travel anywhere and eventually you will hit land. That is how I interpret my writing. The journey I take to complete my writing or in the case of the metaphor, reach land. I think the most important trait of choosing a metaphor is relating it to nature. Doing this makes the metaphor easy to relate to your idea. I noticed that a lot of fellow students choose metaphors that incorporated aspects of nature into them. I think our brains easily associate things in nature to certain ideas and emotions so it's easy to compare them to something like writing. If I was sitting down to write a metaphor this is where I would start as there is so much inspiration to draw from and it can all be easily lead back to your subject.

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Looking deeper into our writing by Megan Adams

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Looking deeper into our writing by Megan Adams

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One of the most important traits I noticed was that writing the metaphors helped us relate our relationship with writing to other areas in our life. It showed us how to relate the things we struggle with in other areas of our lives to the areas we need to work on in our writing process.

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The one most important trait to writing a metaphor is to think outside of the box. Often times the more creative a metaphor is the more it invokes the reader to think and understand. Creativity within a metaphor is also important to keep it interesting and maybe even leave the reader having to dissect what it means.

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writing in the unknown- Katie Bridenbecker 

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writing in the unknown- Katie Bridenbecker 

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The metaphor I chose was “writing is like walking in the dark”. I chose this because for me when it comes to writing I have a tendency to just write until I get an idea the pops in my head. Yet, I don’t know what I’m writing down during the process. When choosing a metaphor, you have to think about something that is easy to understand so people can pick up what your point is with using that metaphor in particular. Making a metaphor it has to be something outside the box, not something we already know or it will suck the fun out of using the metaphor. It’s about being creative and comparing two different things that don’t go together.

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Strong underlying message The way of writing

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Strong underlying message The way of writing

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I noticed that many of the traits were very dynamic and very spread out to what a metaphor is. I chose to chose a trait of what a metaphor means which is having a message. You don't want the message to open so it should to lay it under all the words for people to interpret and figure out which is very smart.