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Figurative Language
What is a simile?
What is figurative language?
A simile is a comparison using like or as. It usually compares two dissimilar objects.
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What is a metaphor?
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A metaphor states that one thing is something else. It is a comparison, but it does NOT use like or as to make the comparison.
The giant’s steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack.
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Ted was as nervous as a cat with a long tail in a room full of rocking chairs.
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The bar of soap was a slippery eel during the dog’s bath.
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The pillow was like a cloud when I put my head upon it after a long day.
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Those girls are like two peas in a pod.
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A metaphor that gives human or physical qualities to an object, animal, or idea.
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Take a piece of blank white paper and fold it into fourths. In one block, write a simile and illustrate it. In the block immediately to the right, write the same sentence as a metaphor. Do the same for the other two blocks.
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A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect; an extravagant statement.
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Choose one of the simile story starters. Use it in your journal to begin writing a short story. It can be fiction or non­fiction. After you finish your story, you can flip the page over and do, "It's Your Turn!"
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What is imagery?
The use of vivid description, usually rich in sensory words, to create pictures or images in the reader's mind. r
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Imagery involves one or more of your five senses: hearing, taste, touch, smell, sight. An author uses a word or phrase to stimulate your memory of those senses. Nov 29­8:11 PM
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Willow and Ginkgo
Eve Merriam
The willow is like an etching, Fine­lined against the sky. Then ginkgo is like a crude sketch, Hardly worthy to be signed. The willow’s music is like a soprano, Delicate and thin. The ginkgo’s tune is like a chorus With everyone joining in. The willow is sleek as a velvet­nosed calf, The ginkgo is leathery as an old bull. The willow’s branches are like silken thread; The ginkgo’s like stubby rough wool. The willow is like a nymph with streaming hair; Wherever it grows, there is green and gold and fair. The willow dips to the water, Protected and precious, like the king’s favorite daughter.
The ginkgo forces its way through gray concrete; Like a city child, it grows up in the street. Thrust against the metal sky, Somehow it survives and even thrives. My eyes feast upon the willow, But my heart goes to the ginkgo. Dec 1­10:28 AM
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