Similes and Metaphors

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Similes and Metaphors

• Poetry Devices

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Simile

• A comparison using like or as
• His feet were as big as boats.

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• Willow and Ginkgo
• Eve Merriam
• The willow is like an etching,
• Fine-lined against the sky.
• The ginkgo is like a crude sketch,
• Hardly worthy to be signed.
• The willows music is like a soprano,
• Delicate and thin.
• The ginkgos tune is like a chorus
• With everyone joining in.
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• The willow is sleek as a velvet-nosed calf
• The ginkgo is leathery as an old bull.
• The willows branches are like silken thread
• The ginkgos like stubby rough wool.
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Metaphor

• A metaphor states that one thing is something
  else. It is a comparison, but it does NOT use
  like or as to make the comparison.
• Her hair is silk.

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What is Gold? Hailstones and Halibut Bonesby
Mary ONeill

• Gold is the color of
• Clover honey
• Gold is a certain
• Kind of money.
• Gold is alive
• In a flickering fish
• That lives its life
• In a crystal dish.
• Gold is the answer
• To many a wish.
• Gold is feeling
• Like a king
• Its like having the most
• Of everything
• Long time ago
• I was told
• Yellows mothers name
• Is gold

• Gold is a metal
• Gold is a ring
• Gold is a very
• Beautiful thing.
• Gold is the sunshine
• Light and thin
• Warm as a muffin
• On your skin.
• Gold is the moon
• Gold are the stars
• Jupiter, Venus
• Saturn and Mars,

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Class Discussion

• What is similar about these two items?

Can you make a sentence that compares these two
items? Simile Metaphor
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Simile or Metaphor????

• The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the
  cans on the grocery store shelves.
• As the teacher entered the room she muttered
  under her breath, "This class is like a
  three-ring circus!"
• The giants steps were thunder as he ran toward
  Jack.
• The pillow was a cloud when I put my head upon it
  after a long day.

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Simile or Metaphor????

• I feel like a limp dishrag.
• Those girls are like two peas in a pod.
• The fluorescent light was the sun during our
  test.
• No one invites Harold to parties because hes a
  wet blanket.
• The bar of soap was a slippery eel during the
  dogs bath.
• Ted was as nervous as a cat with a long tail in a
  room full of rocking chairs.

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How to create Similes and Metaphors

• How do I think metaphorically?
• Steps to take
• List the specific characteristics of the targeted
  object.
• Identify objects/adjectives to describe the
  object and make comparisons.
• Ex. Target?Principal

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Give it a shot!
Characteristics Comparisons
Busy Bee
Smart Einstein
Happy Singing Bird
Ruler of the school Lion
Wise Owl
Works Hard Ant
Funny Clown
Mrs. Mariani is a.. Mrs. Mariani is
asas a Mrs. Mariani is like
a.
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Simile and Metaphor Game

• Find a partner
• You have 10 minutes to come up with as many
  similes and metaphors for the word Mrs.
  Lower/Mrs. Diley give you
• You will get 1 point for each simile and 2 points
  for each metaphor
• Similes and Metaphors must make sense and be
  legible so we can read them.

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Chocolate

• Make as many similes and metaphors as you can for
  this word.
• Forrest Gump Famous Quote

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Using Lyrics to learn Similes/MetaphorsFirework
by Katy Perry

• Do you ever feel like a plastic bag,Drifting
  through the wind, wanting to start again?Do you
  ever feel, feel so paper-thinLike a house of
  cards, then blow from caving in?Do you ever
  feel already buried deep?Six feet under screams,
  but no one seems to hear a thingDo you know that
  there's still a chance for you?'Cause there's a
  spark in youYou just gotta ignite the light,
  and let it shineJust own the night like the
  Fourth of July

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• 'Cause baby, you're a fireworkCome on, show 'em
  what you're worthMake 'em go "ah, ah, ah!"As
  you shoot across the sky-y-yBaby, you're a
  fireworkCome on, let your colors burstMake 'em
  go "ah, ah, ah!",You're gonna leave 'em all in
  down-awe-aweYou don't have to feel like a waste
  of spaceYou're original, cannot be replacedIf
  you only knew what the future holdsAfter a
  hurricane, comes a rainbow

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• Maybe the reason why all the doors are closedSo
  you could open one that leads you to the perfect
  roadLike a lightning bolt, your heart will
  glowAnd when it's time you knowYou just gotta
  ignite the light, and let it shineJust own the
  night like the Fourth of July'Cause baby,
  you're a fireworkCome on, show 'em what you're
  worthMake 'em go "ah, ah, ah!"As you shoot
  across the sky-y-yBaby, you're a fireworkCome
  on, let your colors burstYou're gonna leave 'em
  falling down-awe-awe

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• Boom, boom, boomEven brighter than the moon,
  moon, moonIt's always been inside of you, you,
  youAnd now it's time you let it
  through-ooh-ooh'Cause baby, you're a
  fireworkCome on, show 'em what you're worthMake
  'em go "ah, ah, ah!"As you shoot across the
  sky-y-yBaby, you're a fireworkCome on, let
  your colors burstYou're gonna leave 'em all in
  down-awe-aweBoom, boom, boomEven brighter than
  the moon, moon, moonBoom, boom, boomEven
  brighter than the moon, moon, moon lyrics sung by
  Katy Perry