This document provides information about similes and metaphors. It defines a simile as a comparison between two unlike things using like or as, and gives examples. A metaphor is defined as a comparison between two things not using like or as, and also provides examples. The document explains that students will identify, analyze, and compare/contrast similes and metaphors, and will locate them and explain their meanings in texts.

1. Similes and Metaphors
Mrs. Byrd

2. We Will:
•Identify and analyze similes
and metaphors.
•Compare and contrast similes
and metaphors.

3. CLOSING TASKS:
•I will locate(find) and explain the
meaning of similes and metaphors.
•I will compare and contrast
similes and metaphors using a Venn
diagram.

4. VOCABULARY
Speech
Hyperbole
Compare
Contrast
Simile
Metaphor

5. SIMILE
A simile is the comparison of two
unlike things using ‘like’ or ‘as’

6. A simile is the comparison of two unlike
things using ‘like’ or ‘as’
She is wild like the wind
He is tall like a giraffe

7. METAPHOR
A metaphor is the comparison of
two things not using ‘like’ or ‘as’

8. Metaphor Definition
Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary
A word or phrase used to describe
somebody/something else, in a way
that is different from its normal use,
in order to show that the two things
have the same qualities and to make
the description more powerful.

9. METAPHOR
A metaphor is the comparison of
two things not using ‘like’ or ‘as’

10. A metaphor is the comparison of two
things not using ‘like’ or ‘as’
She has a heart of stone.
My mom is a busy bee.

11. “La Bella Durmiente” The Sleeping Beauty
Tingo Maria- Perú
Simile: The mountains are like
a sleeping beauty
Metaphor: The mountains are
a sleeping beauty

12. Your turn: Write a simile to
match the picture
Can you change your sentence
to make it a metaphor?

13. Can you change your sentence
to make it a metaphor?

14. Your turn: Write a metaphor

15. Change your metaphor into a
simile

16. Compare & Contrast
Contrast
different
Metaphor
same
Simile
Compare
Simile & Metaphor
Contrast
different