1. Similes and Metaphors Poetry Devices

2. Simile  A comparison using like or as  His feet were as big as boats.

3. Willow and Ginkgo Eve Merriam The willow is like an etching, Fine-lined against the sky. The 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 velvet-nosed calf; The ginkgo is leathery as an old bull. The willow’s branches are like silken thread; The ginkgo’s like stubby rough wool.

4. Metaphor  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.  Her hair is silk.

5. Simile or Metaphor????  The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the grocery store shelves.  As the teacher entered the room she muttered under her breath, "This class is like a three-ring circus!"  The giant’s steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack.  The pillow was a cloud when I put my head upon it after a long day.

6. Simile or Metaphor????  I feel like a limp dishrag.  Those girls are like two peas in a pod.  The fluorescent light was the sun during our test.  No one invites Harold to parties because he’s a wet blanket.  The bar of soap was a slippery eel during the dog’s bath.  Ted was as nervous as a cat with a long tail in a room full of rocking chairs.

7. Simile and Metaphor Game  Work with your collaborative group/row  You have 5 minutes to come up with as many similes and metaphors for the word Ms. Kudsi gives you  You will get 1 point for each simile and 2 points for each metaphor  They must be written so that Ms. Kudsi can read them

8. Chocolate  Make as many similes and metaphors as you can for this word.

9. Derek ran like a frightened rabbit.

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11. My sister is a demon when she wakes up.

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13. The night was as black as tar.

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15. My dog is a cowardly lion.

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17. The moon was a giant face smiling down.

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19. The lake was as smooth as glass.

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21. Mom shakes like a tree when I sneak up on her.

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23. A baby giraffe is as tall as a basketball player.

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25. Dreams are wisps of smoke that blow away with the morning.

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27. My stomach churned like a cement mixer.

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29. The summer was just a memory.

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31. Lori grinned like a jack-o-lantern.

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