This document discusses figurative language and two common types: similes and metaphors. Similes use "like" or "as" to compare two things, such as "as white as snow." Metaphors directly state that one thing is another without using "like" or "as", for example "the cat is a shadow." The document provides examples of both similes and metaphors to illustrate the difference between the two types of figurative language.

1. Figurative Language

2. Whenever you describe something by
comparing it to something else,
you’re using figurative language.
You’re a weasel!
means
You’re sneaky or a liar

3. In figurative language, we use
words in a very different way.
As wise as an owl He’s on cloud 9

4. Have you ever heardanyone say this before?
What a couch potato! As brave as a lion
I can read you like a
book!
You’re a firework!

5. There are many different types of
figurative language. Today we’ll talk about
two types.
Eat like a pig You’re an angel

6. Similes compare two things using the words
“like” or “as.” Sometimes they make sense,
sometimes they can be tricky.
I have been
working like a dog!
As white as snow
Fight like cats and
dogs
As light as a
feather
Free as a bird

7. Metaphors compare two things by saying one
thing is another thing. Metaphors do NOT use
“like” or “as.”
The cat is a
shadow.
My brother is a
chicken.
The highway was a
parking lot.
My teacher is a
dragon.

8. Remember, similes compare two
things using “like” or “as.” Metaphors
compare things by saying one thing is
the other. Metaphors DO NOT use
“like” or “as.”

9. The world is a stage.
Metaphor

10. The test was as difficult as nailing jelly
to a tree.
Simile

11. The best friends are like two peas in a
pod.
Simile

12. Ben’s temper was a volcano.
Metaphor