PPT-Descriptive writing Similes and metaphors

LO How can using a simile or metaphor help improve my descriptive writing The Sun The sun is like a pool of golden snakes glistening in the sky slithering in circles The sun is like a ball yellow and shining. Similes and Metaphors. Similes and metaphors are used to compare 2 different things to make a point. Similes compare using like or as. Metaphors compare by referring to one thing as if it were another. Set Up Your Paper to Look Like This. Name. . Date. . Class. _________Comparison Notes. ______. Type:_______________Definition:_________________________________________________________________Examples:_____________________________________________________________________________________My Examples: ___________________ _______________________________. Metaphors and Similes. OBJECTIVES. Students will use images to create similes/metaphors that have meaning.. Students will be able to interpret a poet’s meaning through his or her use of metaphors or similes. Simile. : . a comparison between two unlike things that have something in common. . A simile always uses the words . like. or . as. to make a comparison. . Examples: . It's been a hard day's night, and I've been working like a dog. - The Beatles . Brought to you by powerpointpros.com. Teacher’s Menu. Select a mini-lesson that you would like to play. Default mode is . play all.. Play All. Similes. Metaphors. Personification. SIMILES. What is a Simile?. Similes . Similes are comparisons that use the word . like . or . as. Similes help the reader connect with the writing. Ex: The clouds were as fluffy as cotton. . . Examples of Similes. “cute as a kitten,” comparing the way someone looks to the way a kitten looks. Poetry. Review! Poetry Terms!!. Topic?. Theme?. Imagery. ?. Onomatopoeia?. Alliteration?. Similes!!. What is a . simile. ?. A comparison of two unlike items using “like” or “as”. Similes are often used as imagery—to paint a picture in your head by comparing two things.. A Lesson for Aspiring Writers. Descriptive Language. Helps readers to imagine scenery, characters and events.. Uses the five senses:. Sight. Sound. Taste. Touch. Smell. It uses the 5 senses to make comparisons:. Metaphors are in bold ; Similes are underlined From Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling (Scholastic, 1998) ck, which came in very useful as she craning over garden fences , Jerick Sarceno Period 3 . Definition for Similes and Metaphors . Similes only uses words “like” or “as” to compare anything. Metaphors don’t use “like” or “as” when describing but makes the comparison with another. To create a successful piece of descriptive writing. To understand the key techniques for successful descriptive writing. To be able to answer an exam style question . Structure?. To understand the key techniques for successful descriptive writing. Across the lines of straighter darker trees,. I like to think some boy's been swinging them.. But swinging doesn't bend them down to stay.. As ice-storms do. Often you must have seen them. Loaded with ice a sunny winter morning. What is a metaphor?. A metaphor is a LOT like a simile. So, what is the difference?. A metaphor . does not. use . LIKE. or . AS. to make comparisons. But they still compare…. So, what does a metaphor look like?. . Example:. Non-descriptive sentence: . There were grapes in the bowl.. Descriptive sentence: . The . plump purple . grapes in the bowl looked . tantalizing. .. Does your writing look like this example?.