1. GOODMORNING YEAR 7, PLEASE TAKE A SEAT AND HAVE YOUR BOOKS READY.

2. Simile or metaphor?
This lesson you will recognise the difference between a simile and a metaphor and how they are used to make writing more descriptive, emotive and interesting.

3. Figurative language is used when a writer describes something using comparisons that go beyond literal meaning. The words mean more than what they say on the surface. This gives the writing a fresh look at a common subject. Figurative language is not meant to be interpreted in a word by word sense. The objects that are being compared are different in enough ways so that their similarities, when pointed out, are interesting, unique and/or surprising. Figurative language is used in poetry and fiction, as well as in everyday speech.

4. A simile is where two things are directly compared, and “as” or “like” is usually used to compare. It is a comparison between two unlike things that have something in common. A simile always uses the words like or as to make a comparison.

5. Similes 
Examples
It's been a hard day's night, and I've been working like a dog. - The Beatles
My heart is like an open highway. - Jon Bon Jovi
like two peas in a pod
like Christmas in summer
snow was like a blanket
my love is like a red, red rose
deer ran like the wind

6. A metaphor also compares two things, but it does it more directly without using “as” or “like”. A metaphor is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that have something in common. The comparison is made without the use of like or as.

7. Lets see how clever you are
Lets see how clever you are! Do you think you are clever enough to be able to tell me if these following sentences use a simile or a metaphor?
We shall see!

8. Metaphors
Examples
Patty was a raging tiger when she lost her lunch money.
During the night the forest was a dark, frightening battlefield.
A heart of stone (from Rebecca)
He has the heart of a lion.
You are the sun in my sky.
You are the light in my life.
She is my East and my West, my compass.

9. As slippery as an eel.
Simile
Metaphor

10. He was a lion in battle.
Simile
Metaphor

11. She is as pretty as a picture.
Simile
Metaphor

12. The clouds were fluffy like cotton wool.
Simile
Metaphor

13. The striker was a goal machine.
Simile
Metaphor

14. This is to be completed in your books.

15. Well done you are correct

16. Sorry you are wrong, try again.

17. Well done you are correct

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