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The document discusses figurative language, specifically similes and metaphors. It defines a simile as a comparison between two unlike things using like or as, and provides examples such as "as hungry as a bear." A metaphor directly compares two things without like or as, for example describing a heart as "a raging tiger." The document provides additional examples and practice problems to distinguish between similes and metaphors.
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Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
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- 2. Figurative language is used when a writer describes something using comparisons that go beyond literal meaning. The words mean more than what they say on the surface. This gives the writing a fresh look at a common subject. Figurative language is not meant to be interpreted in a word by word sense. The objects that are being compared are different in enough ways so that their similarities, when pointed out, are interesting, unique and/or surprising. Figurative language is used in poetry and fiction, as well as in everyday speech.
- 3. Similes A simile is a comparison between two unlike things that have something in common. A simile always uses the words like or as to make a comparison.
- 4. Similes Examples It's been a hard day's night, and I've been working like a dog. - The Beatles My heart is like an open highway. - Jon Bon Jovi like two peas in a pod like Christmas in summer snow was like a blanket my love is like a red, red rose deer ran like the wind
- 5. Similes More Examples as hungry as a bear as nutty as a fruitcake as quick as lightning as slippery as an eel as solid as a rock as stubborn as a mule as sturdy as an oak
- 6. Metaphors A metaphor is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that have something in common. The comparison is made without the use of like or as.
- 7. Metaphors Examples Patty was a raging tiger when she lost her lunch money. During the night the forest was a dark, frightening battlefield. A heart of stone He has the heart of a lion. You are the sun in my sky. You are the light in my life.
- 8. Metaphors More Examples Life is a mere dream, a fleeting shadow on a cloudy day. Drowning in the sea Jumping for joy Rolling in dough Apple of my eye It is raining cats and dogs.
- 9. Simile or Metaphor Stanley Yelnats was as nervous as a cat with a long tail in a room full of rocking chairs as he rode the bus to Camp Green Lake.
- 10. Simile
- 11. Simile or Metaphor X-Ray was misnamed for he was really as blind as a bat.
- 12. Simile
- 13. Simile or Metaphor Squid was a wounded animal on the inside even though he taunted Stanley about receiving letters from, and writing to, his mother.
- 14. Metaphor
- 15. Simile or Metaphor Magnet’s fingers were sticky jam as he stole Mr. Sir's sunflower seeds.
- 16. Metaphor
- 17. Simile or Metaphor Caveman smelled like a skunk after days of not bathing.
- 18. Simile
- 19. Simile or Metaphor Zigzag had a heart of stone when he would not apologize to Stanley after hitting him in the head with a shovel.
- 20. Metaphor
- 21. Simile or Metaphor The Warden's nails were deadly weapons after she painted them with rattlesnake venom.
- 22. Metaphor
- 23. Simile or Metaphor Kate Barlow was as gentle as a lamb, while Kissin' Kate was as tough as nails.
- 24. Simile
- 25. Practice Number your paper from 1 to 10. For each of the following determine if the sentence contains a simile or metaphor. Write your answer on your paper.
- 26. Simile or Metaphor 1. Sam's medicinal remedies made from onions were pure gold to the people of Green Lake.
- 27. Simile or Metaphor 2. Charles Walker thought he was a tycoon since his family was the richest in Green Lake.
- 28. Simile or Metaphor 3. Elya Yelnats' luck was poisoned meat that he passed down for generations to his family.
- 29. Simile or Metaphor 4. Madame Zeroni's rage was a curse after Elya broke his promise to carry her to the top of a mountain.
- 30. Simile or Metaphor 5. Stanley Yelnats was as happy as a rat with a gold tooth when he reached the summit of the thumb shaped mountain.
- 31. Simile or Metaphor 6. Mr. Sir was meaner than Oscar the Grouch when he had to replace smoking with eating sunflower seeds.
- 32. Simile or Metaphor 7. Mr. Pendanski's mean streak was as sure as death and taxes.
- 33. Simile or Metaphor 8. Clyde Livingston's foot odor was as deadly as a revolver.
- 34. Simile or Metaphor 9. Derrick Dunne was as mean as a bull approaching a matador.
- 35. Simile or Metaphor 10. Mrs. Yelnats was as worried as a surrounded bank robber.