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Similes & Metaphors

Similes & Metaphors. Figurative Language. Similes. A simile is a comparison using like or as. It usually compares two dissimilar objects. For example: His feet were as big as boats. We are comparing the size of feet to boats. Practice.

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Similes & Metaphors

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  1. Similes & Metaphors Figurative Language

  2. Similes • A simile is a comparison using like or as. It usually compares two dissimilar objects. • For example: His feet were as big as boats. We are comparing the size of feet to boats.

  3. Practice • Underline all of the similes in the poem that I will give you. • Decide which items are being compared.

  4. Metaphor • A metaphorstates that one thing is something else. It is a comparison, but it does NOT use like or as to make the comparison. • For example: Her hair is silk. The sentence is comparing (or stating) that hair is silk.

  5. Practice • Take a piece of blank white paper and fold it into fourths. In one block, write a simile and illustrate it. In the block immediately to the right, write the same sentence as a metaphor. Do the same for the other two blocks.

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