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Similes and Metaphors
0701.8.19 Determine the
appropriate meaning of figurative
words and phrases (e.g., idiom,
metaphor, simile, personification,
pun) in passages.
Imagery Devices
Purpose is to create an IMAGE
in the reader’s mind.
•1. Simile
•2. Metaphor
•3. Personification
Which picture best
describes you?
Baseball
Eagle
Highway
Wave
Drum
• Decide which picture best describes you and
complete the sentence: I am a ________
because…. ( fill in the blank with one of the
objects from the pictures)
• Example: I am an eagle because….
Daily Objective
• 0701.8.19 Determine the
appropriate meaning of
figurative words and phrases
(e.g., idiom, metaphor, simile,
personification, pun) in
passages.
1. Simile
• A comparison of two
things (that may or not
be alike) using the
words like or as.
Examples of a Simile
• Bob is hungry as a wolf.
• Bob and wolf are the two
things being compared,
using “as”
• Sue smells like a rose.
• Sue & rose are the two
things being compared,
using “like”
2. Metaphor
•A comparison of
two unlike things
without using
like or as. (Things =
person, place, thing, or
thought)
Examples of a Metaphor
• Bob is a hungry wolf.
• Bob is compared to a wolf.
• Sue is a rose, filling the
room with her sweet
scent.
• Sue (or Sue’s scent) and
rose are being compared.
Examples of Simile
• “The River”
• Which two
by Garth
things are
Brooks
being
compared?
• You know a
dream is like • Dream and
a river / Ever river using
changing as
the word
it flows
“like”
Trickier Example in “The
River”
• And I will sail
my vessel / ‘Til
the river runs
dry / Like a bird
upon the wind /
These waters
are my sky
• Which two things
are being
compared using a
simile?
• I (the speaker) and
bird using “like”
• Re-wording the
sentence helps to
see the simile:
• I sail these waters
like a bird flies
through the sky.
Make a T-Chart
Similes and
Metaphors
•Dream is like a river
•Dreamer’s just a
vessel
•I am - like a bird
upon the wind
•Waters are my sky
•Good Lord as my
captain
Meaning
Questions
• Symbol – a symbol is an image
or object that also stands for
something larger than itself
(American flag = freedom, etc.)
What symbol is Garth Brooks
using to illustrate his point?
• Why would he use this symbol?
• What is the message of this
song? What does it mean?
What did we learn
today?
• 0701.8.19 Determine the
appropriate meaning of
figurative words and phrases
(e.g., idiom, metaphor, simile,
personification, pun) in
passages.
Poetry Burrito Book
• Fold 3 pieces of paper in half, hamburger
style.
• Layer them so a ½ inch or so is showing at
the top of each.
• Make a mark a ½ inch from each end on
each paper.
• Cut two of the papers up to the mark on
each side.
• Cut a tiny sliver off the middle, in between
each mark, on the remaining piece.
• Fold one of the two end cut papers long
ways into a burrito and slide it through the
3rd piece’s middle. Smooth it out.
• Repeat with the other two end cut paper.
Color Poem Formula
• Line 1—Pick a color
• Line 2—describe something
associated with the color
• Line 3—simile or metaphor
• Line 4—prepositional phrase
telling where
Examples
Green
Makes me think of new Spring.
Like a tree covered in leaves
In a wooded forest.
Blue
Reminds me of warm summer skies
It is a wave of emotion
Under the sparkling sea.
Table of Contents
• Color Poem…………………1
Daily Objective
• 0701.8.19 Determine the
appropriate meaning of
figurative words and phrases
(e.g., idiom, metaphor, simile,
personification, pun) in
passages.
Similes and Metaphors
• Turn the following into similes:
• The sky was blue
• The party was fun
• That homework was hard
• Turn the following into
metaphors:
• Eddie eats a lot
• My room is dirty
Maya Angelou
Background
Take notes over her life and
what you observe about
her. What inspired her as a
poet?
Maya Angelou
• “Still I Rise”
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=JqOqo50LSZ0
Make a T-Chart
Similes and
Metaphors
•But still, like dust, I’ll
rise
•I walk like I’ve got oil
wells
•Like moons and like
suns
•Like hopes springing
high
•Shoulders falling
down like teardrops
Meaning
What did we learn
today?
• 0701.8.19 Determine the
appropriate meaning of
figurative words and phrases
(e.g., idiom, metaphor, simile,
personification, pun) in
passages.