2. Friday, Sept. 6, 2012   Write in your agenda:   Action Verbs   Similes and Metaphors

3. Action Verbs  An action verb indicates the action of a person or thing. The action can visible or mental.  Some verbs indicate mental actions. These actions cannot be seen or heard directly. They are thinking activities, but are still actions.  Complete page. 29 as a class. Read the paragraph and underline the action verb in each sentence.

4. Similes and Metaphors Poetry Devices

5. Simile  A comparison using like or as  His feet were as big as boats.

6. Simile Examples They fought like cats and dogs. He was as brave as a lion. She laughs like a hyena. The world is like a stage.

7. Simile Example Poem: Hockey Hockey is like reading You get into it and then you never want to stop You feel like you're in a different world. Hockey is like school You have to do your work and you have to practice or you will get an "F“. Hockey is like math You get stronger and before you know it You're getting an "A“ Your scoring goals Now that's Hockey! Hockey is like reading You get into it and then you never want to stop You feel like you're in a different world. Hockey is like school You have to do your work and you have to practice or you will get an "F“. Hockey is like math You get stronger and before you know it You're getting an "A“ Your scoring goals Now that's Hockey! http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112392/simile.html

8. Metaphor  A metaphor states that one thing is something else. It is a comparison, but it does NOT use like or as to make the comparison.  Her hair is silk.

9. Metaphor Examples He has a heart of stone. Her bubbly personality cheered him up. For me time is money. She got a glowing report from the teacher.

10. Simile or Metaphor????  The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the grocery store shelves.  As the teacher entered the room she muttered under her breath, "This class is like a three-ring circus!"  The giant’s steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack.  The pillow was a cloud when I put my head upon it after a long day.

11. Simile or Metaphor????  I feel like a limp dishrag.  Those girls are like two peas in a pod.  The fluorescent light was the sun during our test.  No one invites Harold to parties because he’s a wet blanket.  The bar of soap was a slippery eel during the dog’s bath.  Ted was as nervous as a cat with a long tail in a room full of rocking chairs.

12. Similes and Metaphors   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1c6zF9 aJxs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1c6zF9 aJxs

13. If time some more practice!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB0HrNd qJKQ