PPT-Similes

A s H ard A s I ron As hard as iron is obviously the Iron Man As Dark As Pitch This isnt really Pitch Black but the circle is Pitch Black As Mad As Hatter The Maddest Hatter Is The Mad Hatter. A Poem of Similes. Similes. Poets often compare one thing to another using a simile.. A similes if a figure of speech that uses the word . like. or . as. to make a comparison.. Create a Simile Poem. 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. 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. The Odyssey. by Homer. PowerPoint by Erin Salona. Epithets. brief descriptive phrases. characterize a person or thing. sometimes set off by commas. used . to help the . rhapsode. & listener better remember details. Tangible: . something you can touch . (dog, paper, pencil, desk, etc.). Intangible: . something that cannot be touched; not a physical thing . (love, freedom, justice, etc.). Tangible vs. Intangible. by Katy Perry. Firework. Do you ever feel like a plastic bag,. Drifting through the wind. Wanting to start again?. Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin. Like a house of cards,. One blow from caving in?. Understanding and Analyzing Epic, or Homeric Similes. Definition. A Homeric simile is an elaborate comparison, developed over several lines, between something strange or unfamiliar to the audience and something more familiar to them. . Standards:. 4th: R 3.5 5th: R1.5 6th: R 1.2 7th: R 1.1 8th: R 1.1. Learning Objective. Today we will identify. 1. and interpret. 2. . similes. .. 1 . find. 2. make meaning from. What are we going to do today? P/S. American Playwright 1902-1967. Thinking Questions:. What things in history happened in Langston Hughes’ lifetime?. How could those things affect his writing?. Biographical Information:. African American. 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. . Onomatopoeia, Hyperbole, Idioms. . Figurative Language . . (figures of speech). Comparing seemingly unlike things using the words . like . or . as. “. Life is . like. a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.” . 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. 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 are a way to compare two things using ‘like’ or ‘as’. . For . example, if I want to say that somebody . swims well. , I can say they . swim like a fish. because fish swim well. .