Exploring Similes and Metaphors

​Today...

I hope you find today's session more relaxed. The following topic we are going to see is good for being better at your English game.

Take a look at these

• Our wedding was like a fairytale.

• Our wedding was a fairytale.

​Both are...

Literary devices

• applies a word or a phrase where we would not normally use it.

• does not use connecting words.

• makes implicit comparisons.

​A metaphor

• makes a comparison

• uses ​connecting words such as: like, as

• makes explicit comparisons​

​A simile

​Examples of similes

• She swims like a fish,

• He's as hairy as a gorilla.

• The world is like a stage.

• Mr, John is as wise as an owl.

​Examples of metaphors

• Mary's voice is music to my ears.

• Love is blind,

• You are my sunshine.

• My sister is the devil.

While the simple definition of a metaphor​ is that it states that one thing is another thing, a metaphor does not mean that statement literally but figuratively or poetically.

"Life is like a box of chocolates"

is our winner because of that "like". Similes are figures of speech that make comparisons using the words "like" or "as".​

A WHINER​

The hound is a metaphor, because hounds tend to howl. This phrase is an extraction from a song in which "cryin'" is mentioned many times. So, it is safe to assume that the person he's singing to is a whiner.

Common similes​

​I run as fast as lightning

​I am feeling as fresh as a daisy

​My boyfriend is as stubborn as a mule

​I feel as fat as a pig!

​I am as blind as a bat

That is music to my ears

​You are the apple of my eye

​I am feeling blue

​Her heart is cold iron

​That was a breeze