Similes and metaphors
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This document discusses similes and metaphors in poetry. It provides examples of similes that compare two things using "like" or "as". It also discusses how to identify whether a comparison is a simile or metaphor. Students are then given an activity to generate their own similes and metaphors for a given word.
Similes and metaphors
- 1. Similes and Metaphors Poetry Devices
- 2. Simile A comparison using like or as His feet were as big as boats.
- 3. Willow and Ginkgo Eve Merriam The willow is like an etching, Fine-lined against the sky. The ginkgo is like a crude sketch, Hardly worthy to be signed. The willow’s music is like a soprano, Delicate and thin. The ginkgo’s tune is like a chorus With everyone joining in. The willow is sleek as a velvet-nosed calf; The ginkgo is leathery as an old bull. The willow’s branches are like silken thread; The ginkgo’s like stubby rough wool.
- 5. Simile or Metaphor???? The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the grocery store shelves. As the teacher entered the room she muttered under her breath, "This class is like a three-ring circus!" The giant’s steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack. The pillow was a cloud when I put my head upon it after a long day.
- 6. Simile or Metaphor???? I feel like a limp dishrag. Those girls are like two peas in a pod. The fluorescent light was the sun during our test. No one invites Harold to parties because he’s a wet blanket. The bar of soap was a slippery eel during the dog’s bath. Ted was as nervous as a cat with a long tail in a room full of rocking chairs.
- 7. Simile and Metaphor Game Find a partner You have 15 minutes to come up with as many similes and metaphors for the word Miss Smith gives you You will get 1 point for each simile and 2 points for each metaphor They must be written so that Miss Smith can read them
- 8. Chocolate Make as many similes and metaphors as you can for this word.