Using Metaphors in Public Speaking

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Hey there. We are talking about words and word choices in writing a great public speaking speech. We're going to talk about metaphors now. We just talked about similes. And metaphors are a little bit different. They are not direct comparisons using like or as, like we had in the simile. She's slow as molasses. OK. These are metaphors are when you build a direct identification between two objects, a comparison. Let me give you an example. That car is a lemon. OK. Everybody knows that phrase. Now is the car really a lemon? No. But a lemon is represents a bad, not good. So if you purchased a car that you have a lot of trouble with, you could compare it to a fruit that's bad. Not bad in the sense of rotten, but bad in the sense of sour. OK. So the car is a lemon, and people relate to that. There's a lot of metaphors that are very familiar, and if you have a specific point that you want to make, try using metaphor. But again, just like with similes don't overdue it. Maybe one metaphor per speech. Maybe two, but nothing more. OK?

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