1. Metaphors
The Help

2. Warm Up
O How is Minny's chocolate pie like the Civil
Rights Movement?
O How is Skeeter's Father's pick-up like the
African American neighborhood in Jackson?
O How are the toilets on Hilly's lawn like a
painting?

3. Problem
O As the novel progressed, Skeeter found it
hard to fit in with her childhood friends.
O Have you ever experienced this sort of
isolation or known someone who has?

4. Brainstorm!
O Can you name some forms of creative
expression?
O Now, how are these creative expressions
like an action or emotion?
O For instance, how is a fashion show
similar to the emotion of greed? How is it
similar to the celebratory action of doing a
cartwheel?

5. Lights, Camera, Action!
O Think of your five senses.
O What does crying taste like?
O What does celebrating smell like?
O Does pity sound a certain way?
O If you are greed, how do you feel about
yourself?

6. Oxy… what?
O Oxymoron: is a figure of speech that
combines contradictory terms.
O A term that consists of two words that are in
conflict in some way.
O Examples: artificial grass, bitter sweet, clear
as mud, jumbo shrimp, firm pillow, fried ice
cream….
O Can you think of one with our list of
actions/emotions?
O Post a short free verse poem using your
oxymoron to my twitter page!

7. Oxymoron Analogy
O Take the oxymoron you created and apply
it to something else.
O For example, jumbo shrimp could be
applied to a jet airplane. “The jet airplane
was enormous compared to a one-
propeller plane, but it is tiny compared to
today’s models.”
O Can you think of an object you can apply
your oxymoron to?

8. Application
O Your mission: create an original
manuscript that uses the oxymoron
analogy you created.
O You will create one or more characters
that use creative expression to deal with a
tragic event.
O You must use a variety of the literary
devices that we have discussed this
semester (Characterization, Tone,
Personification, etc) in your script.