1. 牛津高中英语牛津高中英语 ( 模块十一 · 高三下学期 )

2. Grammar and usage 板块：教学设计 — 课件 Unit 1 Simile and metaphor

3. 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。

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

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

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

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

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

9. the most commonly used

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

11. Simile: 1. What is a simile? A simile is a comparison of two different objects that are not usually thought to be similar. 2. What words are used in similes? as and like. 3. 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. 5. I’m not as timid as a rabbit. 4. “Mercy falls like the gentle rain from the sky upon the earth,” Portia said.

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. 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.

20. A.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

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

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. B. Yang Min wants to find out the meaning of the similes and metaphors in the poem. Help her match the similes and the meta- phors 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

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 group 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.