Exploring Similes and Metaphors in Music

What is a simile?

• A comparison using 'like' or 'as'

• A direct comparison stating one thing is another

• A type of irony

• A rhetorical question

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What does the simile 'shine bright like a diamond' suggest about the subject?

• It is expensive

• It is valuable and brilliant

• It is literally shiny

• It is hard like a diamond

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which song lyric uses a metaphor to describe someone?

• Jumping high like a kangaroo

• Running fast like the wind

• Bright as the sun

• You're a falling star

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

• As busy as a bee

• Like a rolling stone

• You're the getaway car

• Shine bright like a diamond

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which of the following is a simile?

• She is the heart of the team

• Time is a thief

• He is a lion in battle

• Crying like a baby

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

For the assignment, what are students asked to create?

• An essay on their favorite song

• A summary of the video

• Their own simile and metaphor

• A poem using personification

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CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4