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    I challenge you to consider using a metaphor or simile the next time you plan your health presentation. But what exactly is a metaphor?

    metaphor -- n. figurative use of words in which a word or phrase is used to mean something other than what it usually means. For a presenter who scripts out his or her presentation, metaphors are as important as paint is for an artist.

    When doing a presentation you can add creativity by using metaphors. For example; If I was talking about lead chips and pica behavior in young children I could say “lead chips are potato chips in the hands of young children with pica.”

    Now let’s take this a little further. In the example of the potato chips you could actually take a bag of chips and open it in front of the audi

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    When doing a presentation you can add creativity by using metaphors. For example; If I was talking about lead chips and pica behavior in young children I could say “lead chips are potato chips in the hands of young children with pica.”

    Now let’s take this a little further. In the example of the potato chips you could actually take a bag of chips and open it in front of the aud

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    er presentation, metaphors are as important as paint is for an artist.

    When doing a presentation you can add creativity by using metaphors. For example; If I was talking about lead chips and pica behavior in young children I could say “lead chips are potato chips in the hands of young children with pica.”

    Now let’s take this a little further. In the example of the potato chips you could actually take a bag of chips and open it in front of the aud

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    le; If I was talking about lead chips and pica behavior in young children I could say “lead chips are potato chips in the hands of young children with pica.”

    Now let’s take this a little further. In the example of the potato chips you could actually take a bag of chips and open it in front of the aud

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    Now let’s take this a little further. In the example of the potato chips you could actually take a bag of chips and open it in front of the audience and pour them into a bowl. You could joke and say it is hard to eat only one chip. You can further show the tiny chips in the bag and point to the relative size of small potato chips and the small size of lead chips that can poison our children. Wow! Can you see this working for you?

    Take a few moments to think about how this can apply to your prevention topic.

    A simile -- it's a lot like metaphor

    Simile –n. a figure of speech that draws a comparison between two different things, especially a phrase containing the word “like” or “as,” for example, “as white as a sheet”

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