Similes

Can you give examples

-Now go through the list of similes below:

https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/figures-similes-list.htm

https://youtu.be/REo6UMFGZbk

Literal language means exactly what it says, while figurative language uses similes, metaphors, hyperbole, and personification to describe something often through comparison with something different.

 Grass looks green.

 Sand feels rough.

 The flower smells sweet.

 Grasshoppers make a high pitched noise

The grass looks like spiky green hair.

 Sand is solid water.

 The flower has the sweetest smelling petals in the world.

 Grasshoppers are fiddlers who play their legs.

Figurative!

Go through the sentences on the previous slide. Can you identify the different types of figurative language used?

Learner's book page 44

Can you identify the superheroes in the worksheet below based on their figurative names?

Review the lesson by discussing how similes can be used to evoke imagination.

Activity book page 40 section C & D