Let's Learn metaphors

What is a metaphor?

​METAPHORS DO NOT USE "LIKE" OR "AS"

Similes

compare two different things by saying one is LIKE the other

ALWAYS USE "AS" or "LIKE"

Example: She is as cold as ice.

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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

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She is on a rollercoaster of emotions

• she's having fun

• she's scared

• she is having lots of different feelings

• she's going to vomit soon

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Identify the Simile below...

• The tree danced in the wind.

• She is as tall as a tree!

• That cat is the devil.

• My backpack weighs a thousand tons!

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A comparison of two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as' is:

• alliteration

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

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He was as fast as a sports car.

• Simile

• Metaphor

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Which ALWAYS uses "like" or "as"

• Similes

• Metaphors

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Life is like a box of chocolates.

• Simile

• Metaphor

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The paintbrush was magic in his hand.

• Simile

• Metaphor

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Her long hair was a flowing golden river.

• Simile

• Mataphor