"The shelling of the cashews is akin to revealing a part of one's self, an opening of one's heart to the other, a sharing of one's thoughts and feelings. In the process of shelling, one encounters cut fingers, the calloused hands and even bruises from pushing down on the shell crusher. - Prosy Abarquez-De La Cruz ("The Metaphors of Ploning" Asian Journal.com, 4 Jan 2009)

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Now that you've become an expert in the world of metaphors (!), test your knowledge by trying out one of the activities below, or consider them for your own classroom learning.
*** Note: Some of the links lead to articles about various metaphor activities