Figurative language is a word or phrase that departs from everyday literal language for the sake of comparison emphasis or clarity Similes and Metaphors Figurative Language As white as snow ID: 341482
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Figurative Language
Figurative language is a word or phrase that departs from everyday literal language for the sake of comparison, emphasis, or clarity. Slide2
Similes and Metaphors
Figurative Language
As white as
snow.
As stubborn as a
mule.
As hungry as a wolf.
He has the heart of a lion.
Love is fire.
He swam in the sea of diamonds.
You are the light in my life.
As smooth as
silk.Slide3
What is a Simile?
A
simile
is a comparison between two different things using Like or As
.Examples: His
feet were as big as boats.
They were like two
peas in a pod. Slide4
What is a 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. Examples:Her
hair is silk.
You are my sunshine. Slide5
Similes and Metaphors
Both compare two different things.
Uses like or as.
Does not use like or as.
SIMILE
Metaphor
Similarities
Differences
Differences Slide6
Let’s Practice! 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 pillow was a cloud when I put my head upon it after a long daySlide7
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.
The bar of soap was a slippery eel during the dog’s bath.
Ted was as nervous as a cat with a long tail in a room full of rocking chairs.Slide8
FAIRY by Serena
Her blue eyes as bright as the sky
Her shimmering and glittering wings just like gold
Her decorated clothes, fine and smooth like silkHer pretty long bronze hair
Her lips as red as a primroseHer bag full of fairy dust and good magicSprinkling everywhere.Slide9
Excerpt of “Petals” by Amy Lowell
Life is a stream
On which we strew
Petal by petal the flower of our heart;
The end lost in dream,They float past our view,We only watch their glad, early start. Slide10
I AM A SWORD by Alex
I am a sword,
Sharper than a tongue
Nobody can defeat me,Because I am a sword,
I can not be hurt by what people sayAbout me, I will not show my angerAgainst
Someone else.Slide11
Examples of Simlie Poems
http://www.poplar.merton.sch.uk/gallery/writersblock/poems/willow04similes/similepoems.htmSlide12
Create your own Simile or Metaphor!
Create a simile or metaphor.
Illustrate the simile or metaphor. Slide13
PRE-AP Simile Poem
Pick any topic.
Write your own simile Poem.
Must have at least 5 similes in your poem.
EXAMPLE: Fairy
Her blue eyes as bright as the skyHer shimmering and glittering wings just like gold
Her decorated clothes, fine and smooth like silkHer pretty long bronze hair Her lips as red as a primroseHer bag full of fairy dust and good magic
Sprinkling everywhere.Slide14
GAME TIME!
You will work with your partner.
You will have 10 minutes to come up with as many similes and metaphors you can think of.
You will get
1 point
for each simile and 2 points
for each metaphor. They must be written so that I can read them.
The team with the highest score will receive 5 points on the next exam. Slide15
Activity Time!
Each pair will be given a chart paper.
With your partner you will create 1 simile and 1 metaphor.
You will write your simile and metaphor on the paper.
You will also make an illustration for each one.