Similes and Metaphors

Both similes and metaphors ________.

• compare things

• use the words “like” and “as”

• are ways words can rhyme in a poem

• make a story less vivid

A metaphor is a figure of speech that ________.

• uses the words “like” or “as” but doesn’t compare things

• compares things without using the words “like” or “as”

• gives a nonhuman thing human traits

• uses a word that sounds like what it means

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

The bruise on George’s foot felt as big as an elephant.

What are the words in blue an example of?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Antithesis

During brunch with his grandparents, Jacob was a real pig. 
What are the words in blue an example of?

• Simlie
• Metaphor

Juliet is the sun. (Shakespeare)

• Simile

• Metaphor

"the perfect sky is torn." (Natalie Imbruglia, "Tom")

• Simile

• Metaphor

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

• simile
• metaphor

Simile or Metaphor?

The assignment was a breeze.

• simile

• metaphor

• Hyperbole

• No poetic devices, normal speech.

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

• simile
• metaphor