Simile and Metaphor
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7th Grade
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Simile and Metaphor
Poetic techniques
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Why?
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Why?
Make it interesting
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Why?
Make it interesting
Bring descriptions to life
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Multiple Choice
Which description is more interesting?
His eyes were pretty.
His eyes sparkled like diamonds.
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Simile and Metaphor
Techniques used in descriptive writing
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Simile and Metaphor
Techniques used in descriptive writing
Create mental images
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Simile and Metaphor
Techniques used in descriptive writing
Create mental images
Make writing more engaging
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Simile and Metaphor are not the same figurative language!
Figurative language is when you use a word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday literal meaning. Writers can use figurative language to make their writing more interesting or dramatic.
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Simile
Compare two different things by saying
one thing is LIKE the other
Use the words 'like' or 'as'
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He was as fast as a car.
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His hair was spiky like the top of a pineapple.
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Metaphor
Compare two different things by saying
one thing IS the other
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Time is money.
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Your brain is a computer.
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Metaphors can also be used by implying one thing is another.
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Metaphors can also be used by implying one thing is another.
raining cats and dogs (idm.)
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raining cats and dogs (idm.)
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elephant in the room (idm.)
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elephant in the room (idm.)
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Quiz time
Can you tell which is which?
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Multiple Choice
What is a metaphor?
A comparison using like or as.
Where the story takes place.
A comparison not using like or as.
What the whole story is about.
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Multiple Choice
Is this a simile?
"A donkey is as funny as a clown!"
Yes
No
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Multiple Choice
He is as sly as a fox.
metaphor
simile
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Multiple Choice
The computers at school are old dinosaurs.
metaphor
simile
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Multiple Choice
He is as strong as an ox.
metaphor
simile
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Multiple Choice
The snow is a white blanket.
metaphor
simile
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Multiple Choice
The class was a zoo.
metaphor
simile
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Multiple Choice
He is a shining star.
metaphor
simile
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Multiple Choice
You were brave as a lion.
metaphor
simile
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Multiple Choice
Which one of the following is a simile?
Her hair was like snow.
You are my sunshine.
Success is key.
He is a night owl.
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Multiple Choice
Which one of the following is a metaphor?
She is as thin as a rake.
The wind was a howling wolf.
I slept like a bump on a log.
These jeans fit like a glove.
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rake (n.)
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howling wolf (n.)
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bump on a log (idm.)
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fit like a glove (idm.)
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Multiple Choice
What do similes and metaphors have in common?
They both use math equations.
They both use "like" or "as."
They can not be used to describe people.
They compare two or more things.
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Bonus questions
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Multiple Choice
The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod.
simile
metaphor
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two peas in a pot (idm.)
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Multiple Choice
The baby girl’s smile was the sun on dark days.
What does the metaphor mean above?
The baby girl's smile made other people happy.
When the baby girl smiled the sun would rise.
The baby never smiled.
The baby girl's smile made the moon come out.
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Multiple Choice
Which phrase is NOT a simile?
He's a workhorse.
He's as lazy as a sloth.
He is as fast as a cheetah.
You're as cold as ice.
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sloth (n.)
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cheetah (n.)
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Multiple Choice
Read the following passage.
Adam’s love for Pizza burns bright, an undying flame that can never be extinguished, not even by a bad pepperoni.
Which of the following best describes the metaphor in this passage?
Adam’s love for pizza is compared to a bad pepperoni.
Adam loves pizza.
Adam’s love for pizza is compared to a flame.
Adam’s love is compared to a pizza.
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Open Ended
My brother was boiling mad.
What does it mean?
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Multiple Choice
In the school play, Freddy roared like a lion.
simile
metaphor
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Multiple Choice
In the school play, Freddy roared like a lion.
What is being compared?
Freddy and Roared
Freddy and the Lion
School and the Play
School play and
the Lion
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Multiple Choice
Her skin was as white as snow.
What is being compared?
Skin and White
Her and White
Skin and the Snow
Her and Snow
Simile and Metaphor
Poetic techniques
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