http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/Metaphors/mbhr/post.htm#59368Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:36:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:59368MrPedantic0http://www.englishforums.com/English/Metaphors/mbhr/post.htm#59368http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-59368.xmlHello Guest 'Like going from crayons to perfume' would be a simile, unfortunately, not a metaphor. It would be a very strange simile, moreover, as it's difficult to imagine a process that involved crayons at one end, and perfume at the other; unless you were thinking of 'crayons' = 'child at nursery school' and 'perfume' = 'sophisticated adolescent female'. However, that doesn't mean you couldn't use the phrase. You could for example: 1. Give your opening sentence as above. 2. Explain why it's not a metaphor, but a simile. 3. Explain why it's a slightly strange simile. 4. Improve it step by step until you had a less strange simile for your 'educational growth'. 5. Change it into an appropriate metaphor with one last...http://www.englishforums.com/English/Metaphors/mbhr/post.htmSun, 22 Feb 2009 14:36:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:59364Guest1http://www.englishforums.com/English/Metaphors/mbhr/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-59364.xmlI have to write a paper for a math class that is based upon the use of a metaphor to show my growth in knowledge as a result of my enrollment in the class. I was thinking about using the phrase "From crayons to perfume." My idea is to begin the paper with the following sentence: My growth that has occurred as a result of this class is like going from crayons to perfume. Is this proper use of a metaphor??? If not, could you please make suggestions?