03/01 Figurative Language

By directly telling us what to picture

By being very vague about the details in the story.

By making us smile

By using compare and contrast.

Either and or

Neither and nor

As and like

To and from

The story will say, "This is a metaphor."

A metaphor will say one thing IS or WAS something else.

By being extra descriptive in the story.

Being being extra vague in the story.

Similes use "like" or "as" while metaphors use the words "is" or "was".

We cannot tell the difference.

You always must use both in the same sentence.

Nobody uses these in writing.