Metaphor in Literature (incomplete)

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Metaphor in Literature

Simile (sim' e lee) noun.

A comparison Using the words "like" or "as".

That puppy is as cute as my English teacher.

That puppy smells like my English teacher.

Metaphor (meta 'for) Noun.

A Comparison Between two or more things that Does NOT use "like" or "as" or comparison words like "Bigger" or "Biggest"

My English teacher is a teddy bear.

Multiple Select

Tick ALL the Similes

• That car is a beast!

• My bank account is like a desert.

• I am as happy as a clam!

• Do you like anime?

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Tick ALL the Metaphors

• My sister is taller than me!

• Boba is my life!

• The cinema is cold.

• This photo is gold!

Metaphors help writers express feelings more effectively.

Kisses are the flowers of love in bloom.

She was fairly certain that life was a fashion show.

The clouds sailed across the sky.

Her eyes were fireflies.

David is a worm for what he did to Shelia.

Here are some more advanced Metaphors:

Thy tones are silver melted into sound.

So I sit spinning still, round this decaying form, the fine threads of rare and subtle thought.

Still sits the school-house by the road, a ragged beggar sunning.

Blind fools of fate and slaves of circumstance, / Life is a fiddler, and we all must dance.

Metaphors can be used in films and photograghs as well:

What is the comparison?

What is the message?