1. You need: A pencil, eraser, highlighter and your English duo-tang
SIMILE &
METAPHOR
You need:
A pencil, eraser, highlighter and your English duo-tang

2. What is a simile? What is a metaphor?
A simile compares two things that are not normally alike using “like” or “as” A metaphor describes one thing as something else without using “like” or “as”

3. Video Time
Similes & Metaphors Explained
Examples from Pop Culture

4. Simile & Metaphor Poems
SIMILE POEM
METAPHOR POEM

5. Compare with Similes PURPOSE:
To describe one thing by comparing it to something else;
To show that two unlike things can be compared if they have one thing in common.

6. Use Metaphors to Create Memorable Pictures
PURPOSE:
To show how to compare one thing to something else directly without using like or as;
To experience the difference in emphasis between a simile and a metaphor.