Similes and Metaphors

A simile is...

• A literary device used to compare two unlike things (using like or as).

• Something that talks about the similarities between two ideas.

• The way authors speak when they are trying to be literal about an idea.

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A metaphor is...

• A literary device that exaggerates things.

• A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two non-similar things.

• The process authors use when they want to add suspense to their story.

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Circle/highlight all of the similes!

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Circle/highlight all of the metaphors!

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Uses 'like' or 'as' to compare two unlike things.

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How are similes and metaphors similar?

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Finish this simile: Even though there was a fire, he was...

• a brave lion!

• brave like a lion!

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Finish this metaphor: My fingers were so cold...

• they were icicles!

• they looked like icicles!

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D