ME #2 - Gus, Don't Be A - Due Thursday, August 29th

The object of this assignment is to encourage you to get your brain in creative gear and to practice working with metaphors.

ME #2 – Gus, Don’t Be A… - Trying Out Metaphors – Due Thursday, August 29, 2013

1.       Choose an adjective that would describe a person.

2.       Brainstorm a long list of very specific things you might associate with that adjective.

3.       Expand at least 10 of those objects in great detail and create a list of “Gus, Don’t Be A..” for each one.

Example:

1.       Adjective – Artificial

2.       Pop-beads, fake eyelashes, artificial sweeteners, glass grapes, silk flowers, gas-burning fireplace, pretend play-dough, faux fur, Dolly the cloned sheep, fake Christmas tree, generic brand of  Jell-O, fake turf, zirconia

3.       Gus, Don’t Be A…

a.       A neon plastic pop-bead

b.      A set of fake eyelashes

c.       Individual packet of Nutri-Sweet

d.      A giant bunch of glass grapes

e.      A gas-burning fireplace

f.        Prosthetic forehead on a real head

g.       Dolly the cloned sheep

h.      The generic brand of lemon-flavored Jell-O

i.         Green plastic turf on a cheap golf course

j.        A 2 carat cubic zirconia at the end of a cheesy proposal