metaphor

Identify the metaphor

• My heart was a bucket full of joy after all the sweet compliments.
• My heart is a muscle.
• My heart is like a hand pump pushing blood all throughout my body.
• My heart is like a muscle.

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What is a metaphor?

• Compares two things using like or as
• Compares two things NOT using like or as
• Gives human qualities to objects
• It's a sound word

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CCSS.L.5.5A

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CCSS.W.11-12.2D

True or false. This is an example of a metaphor: Juliet is like the sun.

• True
• False

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

True or false. This is a metaphor: Juliet is the sun.

• True
• False

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Life is a roller coaster. What does this metaphor mean?

• They have a new roller coaster at Darien Lake
• You're in danger when you're on a roller coaster
• Life has ups and downs
• I shouldn't ride roller coasters

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The classroom was a zoo. What does this metaphor mean?

• The students were loud and crazy in class.
• Some animals from the zoo visited our classroom.
• The class went on a field trip to the zoo.
• Some animals should be kept as pets in the classroom.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

When he was grounded from video games, his house was a prison. What does this metaphor mean?

• He was sent to jail for playing video games.
• Being grounded made him feel as if he were in prison
• Someone left his video games on the ground.
• He was playing a prison video game.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Your hug is a warm blanket on a cold day.  What does this metaphor mean?

• Your blanket is very warm.
• You forgot to hug me.
• Your hug makes me feel warm inside.
• Your blanket is wet.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

All the world is a stage, and we are all just actors.  What does this metaphor mean?

• Some people got the chance to act on a very large stage.
• Most people would like to become actors.
• Many times life feels like we are in a play.
• A very large stage is being constructed.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

how do you spell

• metclafor

• metafol

• clama

• metaphor

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