1. Advance with English
牛津高中英语
(模块十一 · 高三下学期)

2. Grammar and usage 1 Unit Simile and metaphor 板块：教学设计——课件
Book 10_课件_U1_Reading2-8 1
Grammar and usage
Simile and metaphor
板块：教学设计——课件 2

3. Book 10_课件_U1_Reading2-8
Unit 1
课件描述：
本课件色彩明亮，生动活泼。选用简单易懂又充满生命力的例子展现了simile和metaphor两个修辞，在语言和文化上都对学生进行了指导。 3

4. My love is like a red, red rose.
Compared to my house, his is a palace.
It’s raining cats and dogs.
Senior citizens are respected in our country．
Figurative (比喻的) language
(it is used to help readers imagine what is happening in a text.)

5. A simile
My love is like a red,
red rose.
—Robert Burns

6. A metaphor
Compared to my house, his is a palace.

7. an idiom
It’s raining cats
and dogs.

8. a euphemism
Senior citizens
are respected
in our country．

9. Simile and metaphor
the most commonly used

10. Read more sentences using Simile carefully.
1. Similarly, many ordinary jobs may look
dull, but they are essential as water to
our society.
2. He loved camping, and his job was
like a holiday for him.

11. What words are used in similes?
What is a simile?
A simile is a comparison of two different
objects that are not usually thought to be
similar.
What words are used in similes?
as and like.
How to make a simile effective?
Readers must be familiar with the objects
being compared.

12. More similes for you to enjoy:
1. The old man’s hair was as white as snow.
2. Living without an aim is like sailing
without a compass.
3. You are as blind as a bat.
4. “Mercy falls like the gentle
rain from the sky upon the
earth,” Portia said.
5. I’m not as timid as a rabbit.

13. Read more sentences using Metaphor carefully.

14. As a business person, you can’t be a mouse.
You have to be a tiger.
You can’t be a timid person. You should be a brave person.

15. For lawyers , a courtroom is a battlefield.
A lawyer is compared to a fighter. He must fight to win cases here.

16. What is a metaphor?
Metaphor is when you use two nouns
and compare or contrast them to one
another. Unlike simile, you don't use
"like" or "as" in the comparison.
Something is something.

17. All the world is a stage. —Shakespeare
More metaphors for you to enjoy:
All the world is a stage —Shakespeare
The world is just like a stage, putting on different plays and people in the world are actors and actresses in the stage.

18. I am not Angel.
I am not a merciful, kind and helpful person.

19. Exercises

20. If you want to be … simile
Yang Min found an interesting poem on the internet about qualifications for different jobs. Read the poem and underline the similes and metaphors in it.
If you want to be …
If you want to be a spy like James Bond 007,
You need to be as cool as a cucumber and as sly as a fox.
and you need cast iron nerves.
simile

21. If you want to be a model,
you need to be as tall as a tree
and eat like a bird.
If you want to be an actor
simile
simile

22. And a martial arts expert like Jackie Chan,
you can not be a weed.
If you want to be successful like Bill Gates,
you need to have a mind like a computer
and be as sharp as a spear in business.
metaphor
simile
simile

23. If you want to be a magician
like David Copperfield,
You need to make people see that
black is white and white is black.
If you want to succeed in life,
You need to be as hungry as a lion.
simile
metaphor
simile

24. 1—f 2—j 3—g 4—I 5—c 6—b 7—e 8—d 9—a 10—h
B. Yang Min wants to find out the meaning of the similes and metaphors in the poem. Help her match the similes and the metaphors with their correct meanings.
Answers:
1—f 2—j 3—g 4—I
5—c 6—b 7—e 8—d
9—a 10—h

25. Appreciation

26. MY LIFE IS A DREAM
My life is a dream, like a tiger waking up from her deep sleep My life is like a dream, it's all up to me, the trees

27. are purple, the stars talk away the night, the moaning moon lights up the sky.

28. Task
Discuss in groups of four and write a poem or a story or a short passage using the figurative language (simile and metaphor) we learnt today. Then share your outcome with your classmates.