1. Figurative Language Metaphors and Similes
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3. She was a bright student.
Playing with Words
Believe it or not, you use metaphors and similes every day of your life! Some words are metaphors all by themselves.
She was a bright student.
We all know that “bright” refers to light. But in this sentence we are comparing intelligence to light. It’s a metaphor!
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4. Metaphor
A figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance
In one of their movies Cheech and Chong say “they are flying” but they’re not actually flying it is the state of their altered minds.
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5. You are a pig
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6. You are a beast
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7. You are a fox
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9. Simile
While a metaphor directly states that “something” is “something else”, a simile compares things using “as” or “like”
He was as quick as a rabbit!
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10. Quick as a Wink
Many cliché's are similes. They are fun to use, but don’t overuse them in your writing!
Even if you are busy as a beaver, it’s not as cute as a button or as American as apple pie to overuse clichés. It should be as plain as the nose on your face!
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11. Sing like a bird!
Many popular songs use similes and metaphors. Can you think of some examples?
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12. Song Similes “...like two sparrows in a hurricane” “…as cold as ice”
“...like a rolling stone”
“...whose fleece was white as snow”
“...like a bird up in the sky”
“…like a bird in a cage”
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13. Annie’s Song by John Denver
You fill up my senses like a night in the forest like the mountains in springtime, like a walk in the rain like a storm in the desert, like a sleepy blue ocean you fill up my senses, come fill me again.
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14. The End
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