Figurative Language: Simile and Metaphor

​Figurative Language: Simile and Metaphors

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​Similes and Metaphors

Authors sometimes help readers imagine what one thing is like by comparing it to something else.

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Simile

A simile makes a comparison using the words like or as.

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​Simile	​What it Means
​Alicia's dog, Ollie, has paws as big as dinner plates.	​Ollie has very big paws.
​His bark sounds like thunder.	​Ollie has a loud bark.

Multiple Choice

What is a simile?

• A comparison using like or as.

• The author's point of view.

• What the story is about.

• The main characters problem.

Multiple Choice

Is this a simile?

"A donkey is as funny as a clown!"

• Yes

• No

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What does this simile mean?

"She was as quiet as a mouse."

Metaphor

A metaphor makes a comparison without using like or as.

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​Metaphor	​What It Means
​Ollie is a mountain of a dog.	​Ollie is a very large dog.

Multiple Choice

What is a metaphor?

• A comparison using like or as.

• Where the story takes place.

• A comparison not using like or as.

• What the whole story is about.

Multiple Choice

The baby girl’s smile was the sun on dark days. 
What does the metaphor mean above?

• The baby girl's smile made other people happy.
• When the baby girl smiled the sun would rise. 
• The baby never smiled. 
• The baby girl's smile made the moon come out. 

Multiple Choice

Simile or Metaphor?
My brother was boiling mad.

• simile
• metaphor

​Let's practice some more!

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Multiple Choice

The best friends had so much in common they were like two peas in a pod. 
What are the words in blue an example of?

• Simile
• Metaphor

Multiple Choice

The baby girl’s smile was the sun on dark days. 
What does the metaphor mean above?

• The baby girl's smile made other people happy.
• When the baby girl smiled the sun would rise. 
• The baby never smiled. 
• The baby girl's smile made the moon come out. 

Multiple Choice

Which phrase is NOT a simile?

• He's a workhorse

• He's as strong as an ox

• He is as fast as a cheetah

• You're as cold as ice

Multiple Choice

Read the following passage.

Adam’s love for Pizza burns bright, an undying flame that can never be extinguished, not even by a bad pepperoni.

Which of the following best describes the metaphor in this passage?

• Adam’s love for pizza is compared to a bad pepperoni.

• Adam loves pizza.

• Adam’s love for pizza is compared to a flame.

• Adam’s love is compared to a pizza.