Figurative Language Jennifer Parnell North Belmont Elementary Adapted for AWE by Faye Wheeler Used in Compliance with Fair Use Copyright Law

Examples: SimilesSimiles MetaphorsMetaphors

Similes are sentences that compare two unlike objects using like or as. –The girl’s hair is as yellow as the sun. –The boy runs like a rabbit.

Metaphors are sentences that use one idea or thing in place of another to show a likeness between the two. –That report was dynamite! –The boy is a brain.

Can you name each type of figurative language?

The Christmas tree was a jewel in the forest.

metaphor

Granddaddy was sleeping as soundly as a bear in hibernation.

simile

The boy can swim like a fish.

simile

The lady was a songbird.

metaphor

The old lady was moving like a snail.

simile

Steve was a leaping frog as he jumped the brook.

metaphor