PPT-Similes and Metaphors

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. 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. You are as fast as a car. this is a simile because it is saying you are as fast as a car.. Your stronger then a brick wall. This is a metaphor because it means someone is really strong.. You swim like a dolphin. 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. in . second. . language. . acquisition. . research. Vera . Menezes. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG). Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq). Fundação de Apoio a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG). 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?. 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.. What is a metaphor?. Bob is a ray of sunshine. . . Bob is a tortoise.. Bob is a ripe banana. . (Bruce Fraser’s study). When does a metaphor become an idiom?. Bob is having a whale of a time.. Bob is broke.. 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. Prose. The Study of Literature. Understanding Your . T. ext. When you were young, you began to gain knowledge of stories. For example, you understood the fable, . The Three Little Pigs. . as a story of three pigs and three different houses. When you were older, you realized the moral behind the fable—the virtues of prudence, caution and wisdom. That’s the difference between knowing and understanding; you knew the plot first and then understood the themes (the purposes or concerns of the writer).. Teodora . Popescu. University of Alba Iulia, Romania. 1. 6. -. 6. 8. . June . 201. 7. , . Alba Iulia. Introduction. Main research project:. Universals and variants of English and Romanian business metaphors. A corpus-based conceptual mapping of . 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. . 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?. educational . space. Grigore. -Dan Iordachescu. University of Alba Iulia, Romania. 10-12 June, 2016, Split. Introduction. R. esearch project:. Universals and variants of English and Romanian business metaphors. A corpus-based conceptual mapping of contemporary .