Set Up Your Paper to Look Like This Name Date Class _________Comparison Notes______ Type:_______________Definition:___ _______________________________ _______________________________ Examples:_______________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ My Examples: ___________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ You have 2 minutes to get your paper set up. Put your pencil down and wait quietly when you are ready.
Points out similarities between two (or more) things Venn Diagrams We have done these!
We are going to talk about two different comparisons we use in English that you have probably heard of
Define metaphors and similes Identify metaphors and similes in a written work Write metaphors and similes about a topic from the book Al Capone Shines My Shoes
Metaphor: compares two things that wouldn’t necessarily fit together, not a literal comparison Simile: compares two things using the term “like” or “as”
compares two things that wouldn’t necessarily fit together, not a literal comparison Examples: It’s raining cats and dogs. All the world’s a stage. I have a broken heart. She feels blue.
Can you think of any more?
compares two things using the term “like” or “as” Examples: He eats like a pig. Without my contacts, I’m as blind as a bat. Life is like a box of chocolates. The dress fit like a glove. Her skin was as cold as ice.
Can you think of any more?
Think about: What is this video describing? What is the comparison? 5xY 5xY
She's my kind of rain Like love in a drunken sky She's confetti falling Down all night She sits quietly there Black water in a jar Says, Baby why are you Trembling like you are So I wait And I try I confess like a child She's my kind of rain Like love from a drunken sky Confetti falling down all night She's my kind of rain She's the sun set shadows She's like Rembrandt's light She's the history that's made at night She's my lost companion She's my dreaming tree Together in this brief eternity Summer days, winter snows She's all things to behold She's my kind of rain Like love from a drunken sky Confetti falling down all night She's my kind of rain So I wait And I try I confess all my crimes She's my kind of rain Like love from a drunken sky Confetti falling down all night She's my kind of rain She's my kind of rain Like love from a drunken sky Confetti falling down all night She's my kind of rain She's my kind of rain Oh, rain on me She's my kind of rain DIRECTIONS: Circle similes Underline metaphors
She's my kind of rain Like love in a drunken sky She's confetti falling Down all night She sits quietly there Black water in a jar Says, Baby why are you Trembling like you are So I wait And I try I confess like a child She's my kind of rain Like love from a drunken sky Confetti falling down all night She's my kind of rain She's the sun set shadows She's like Rembrandt's light She's the history that's made at night She's my lost companion She's my dreaming tree Together in this brief eternity Summer days, winter snows She's all things to behold She's my kind of rain Like love from a drunken sky Confetti falling down all night She's my kind of rain So I wait And I try I confess all my crimes She's my kind of rain Like love from a drunken sky Confetti falling down all night She's my kind of rain She's my kind of rain Like love from a drunken sky Confetti falling down all night She's my kind of rain She's my kind of rain Oh, rain on me She's my kind of rain DIRECTIONS: Circle similes Underline metaphors
During the reading yesterday, Moose gives the ladies on the boat roses. Using the flowers at the front of the room, write down 3 similes and 3 metaphors to describe the flowers
Write 2 similes and 2 metaphors to describe bullying. You can use the poem “To This Day” for inspiration.
With a partner, add 1 metaphor and 1 simile to your list. If yours are the same, come up with 2 new ones.
As a class, let’s write a poem describing these flowers using your similes and metaphors.