The aim of this research is to determine the metaphoric perceptions of the teacher candidates regarding the concept of reinforcement, hint, feedback-correction, active participation and punishment used in the teaching-learning process. The study group of this research consisted of students of Education Faculty who studying at Kafkas University in the 2018-2019 academic year. A semi-structured interview form used to determine teacher candidates' perceptions of the concepts in the teaching-learning processes such as "reinforcement, hint, feedback-correction, active participation and punishment". Content analysis was used for the data analysis in the research. As a result of the findings obtained from the research, it could be said the most metaphors produced by prospective teachers; metaphor of chocolate in the concept of reinforcement, metaphor of puzzle in the concept of hint, the most metaphors of easer in the concept of feedback-correction, the most metaphors of amusement park and game in the concept of active participation, the most metaphors of hot pepper in the concept of punishment.