Date post: | 23-Dec-2015 |
Category: |
Documents |
Upload: | leslie-hawkins |
View: | 214 times |
Download: | 0 times |
*A simile is a comparison using like or as.
*It usually compares two dissimilar objects.
* Example: Playing chess with Ashley is like trying to outsmart a computer.
*The activity “playing chess with Ashley” is being compared to “trying to outsmart a computer.” The point is that Ashley can think in a powerful manner that resembles the way a computer operates, not that she is like a computer in any other way.
*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.
Example:
Her hair is silk.
Her hair is being compared to silk. Meaning her hair is shiny and soft.
*The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the grocery store shelves.
*He was a tornado, blasting his way through the opposing team.
*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 day.
*The giant’s steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack.
*He was a lion in the fight.
*I feel like a limp dishrag.
*Those girls are like two peas in a pod.
*The fluorescent light was the sun during our test.
*Sam waited impatiently for his older brother to calm down. “Bill, I think you are acting like a baby,” he said.
*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.
*Find a partner
*You will have 15 minutes to come up with as many similes and metaphors for the word I give you
*You will get 1 point for each simile and 2 points for each metaphor
*They must be written so that I can read them
*Make as many similes and metaphors as you can for this word!