Similes and Metaphors

A metaphor compares two things NOT using the words...

• have and of

• like and as

• to have and to hold

• simile

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is an example of a metaphor?

• Her hair was as yellow as the sun.

• His hands were as cold as ice.

• Fourth-grade has the heart of a lion.

• The house was like a circus!

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is figurative language?

• Language that means more than what the words say.
• Language that means just what the words say.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Simile or Metaphor?
This house is as clean as a whistle.

• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.L.4.5A

Simile or Metaphor?
My brother was boiling mad.

• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

Simile or Metaphor?
She is as thin as a toothpick.

• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Simile or Metaphor?
My big brother is a couch potato.

• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is the definition of a simile?

• Don't know, don't care

• Comparing two things using HAVE and WHAT

• Comparing two things using BUT and WHO

• Comparing two things using LIKE and AS

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is the definition of a metaphor?

• Comparing two things using like or as.

• Comparing two different things NOT using like or as.

• Silly sentences using animals and people.

• Things that have people like characteristics.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

The snow was as white as a cloud.

• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• fluffy

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4