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Understanding Simile
What is being compared to what?
Death - is like walking up the stairs to
your bedroom in the dark and thinking
that there's one more stair than there
is. Your foot falls down through the air
and there's a sickly moment of dark
surprise."
Defining Simile
How will you define simile in your own
words?
Simile is a comparison of two unlike
things, typically marked by use of
"like" or "as".
bald as an eagle,
neat as a pin,
proud as a peacock,
ugly as sin.
When people are talking
you know what they'll say
as soon as they start to
use a clich.
By Bruce Lansky
Using Similes
:Compare the ff ideas with a simile
LIFE - CHOCOLATES
LOVE - CRAYONS
WINNING CLIMBING
LOSING - BASKET
HAPPINESS DAISIES
BOYS GIRLS
Understanding Metaphor
What is being expressed:
That "the world" is compared to a
stage, the aim being to describe the
world by taking well-known attributes
from the stage.
Defining Metaphor
How will you define Metaphor?
direct comparison between two or
more seemingly unrelated subjects
Using Metaphors
Make your own metaphors by filling in
the blanks:
Example: A flower is a soda shop to a
bee. It sips sweet nectar through a
curled straw.
A(n) ______ is a ______ to/for a
_______. It _________
_______ ____________.
Understanding
Personification
Underline the word that gives a
quality of a person.
1. The sun stretches its warmth
across the land.
2. The chair danced as the baby
bounced to and fro.
3. The darkness wrapped its arms
around me.
Using Personification
Look at the words below. Try to give each
word a quality of a human and write a
sentence.
frog____________________________
table ___________________________
grass ___________________________
night ___________________________