1. Techniques of Literature Similes and Metaphors

2. Comparative Forms Figurative language makes a story or poem come alive. It uses comparisons, sounds, sensory images and more to convey a special message, idea or feeling. Poetry will be used to study the comparative forms: Similes and Metaphors.

3. Similes A Simile helps the reader to see events, people, objects or experiences in new ways. This technique compares two unlike objects using the words like or as:  Bobby was as excited as a puppy.  Bobby was like an excited puppy.  The breeze is as gentle as a butterfly.  The breeze is like a gentle butterfly.

4. Metaphors A Metaphor also helps the reader to see things in new ways. This technique compares two unlikely objects by suggesting that one thing is the other:  The sun is a bright spotlight in the sky.  Your love is the blood in my veins.  The tree was a canopy of coolness.  The pink rose of your lips…

5. Practice Exercise Metaphor, Simile, or neither? 1.The temperature is as hot as a stove. 2.You are the sunshine of my life. 3.Harry likes to eat at the diner in town. 4.Jessica runs like the wind. 5.You are the clown of the gathering! 6.They planned a great picnic last week. 7.Your love is like a red, red rose. 8.She is the shade under which I rest.

6. Check your answers! S=Simile, M=Metaphor, N- Neither 1.The temperature is as hot as a stove. S 2.You are the sunshine of my life. M 3.Harry likes to eat at the diner in town. N 4.Jessica runs like the wind. S 5.You are the clown of the gathering! M 6.They planned a great picnic last week. N 7.Your love is like a red, red rose. S 8.She is the shade under which I relax. M

7. Traditional Poetry The Haiku is a type of Japanese poetry about nature. It is 3 lines long. The 1 st line has 5 syllables, the 2 nd line has 7 syllables and the 3rd line has 5 syllables. You will integrate a simile or a metaphor in your original Haiku. ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____. Coqui! Coqui! The Coqui is cute. He lives in Puerto Rico; Sings like a whistle. (Simile)

8. Writing your own Haiku Think about something you can say about nature, including animals. Use a simile or a metaphor. In other words, use at least one of the two techniques studied in this lesson. Count the syllables as you write. Example: Kittens! Can see a kitten, Such beauty like a flower, Such fun like a game. (2 similes)

9. Examples Life is a garden (metaphor) In much need of attention: Sunlight, water, love. The cricket can sing; It bothers so much at night! Like stones in a shoe! (simile)

10. Rubric: Japanese Haiku