The document discusses metaphors and compares them to similes. It defines a metaphor as a comparison of two things not using "like" or "as" to describe something in a way that highlights their shared qualities. Similes are comparisons of two unlike things using "like" or "as". The document provides examples of similes and metaphors and notes that both are forms of figurative language, with the key difference being similes use "like" or "as" and metaphors do not. It also briefly discusses extended and mixed metaphors.

1. KH.GIZKHANIM
GROUP:304A

2. PLAN:
•I will explain the meaning of
metaphor.
•I will compare and contrast
similes and metaphors.

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

5. 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.
Definition of Metaphor

8. • An extended metaphor is continued
over at least several lines of the
poem . When the whole poem
involves an extended metaphor we
can also call that the controlling
metaphor.

9. MIXED METAPHOR
• A metaphor that fails to make
a logical comparison because
its mixed terms are visually
imaginatively incompatible.

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

12. • Metaphors and similes can be
confusing sometimes, because they
are very similar. Both are forms of
figurative language.

13. Simile: The mountains are like
a sleeping beauty
Metaphor: The mountains are
a sleeping beauty

14. 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

15. 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.

16. • The leaves
• are a blanket
• covering the
ground

17. • The trees are
like a canopy
protecting
the road

18. • The field is a
rainbow of
colors.