1. Similes and Metaphors They paint word pictures.
“My hands are as cold as ice.”
“My brain is foggy.”

2. are language tools that put a picture into our minds
Similes and metaphors
are language tools that put
a picture into our minds
by comparing things.

3. Similes and Metaphors Similes Compare two unlike objects.
Use “like” or “as”
Example:
She ran like the wind.
Metaphors
Make a statement
about something.
Use “is” or “are”
Example:
He is a walking dictionary.

4. We use them all the time! Mrs. Whitney is a happy camper.
Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow.
Be quick - run like the wind.
My feet are ice cubes.
This bread is as hard as a rock.
My desk is buried under my papers.
She was as brave as a lion.

5. How could you use them to retell the story of “The Three Little Pigs”?

6. Remember Similes and metaphors paint word pictures.
You were as quick as a bunny. (Simile)
My book fell like a rock. (Simile)
My brain is foggy. (Metaphor)
My feet are ice! (Metaphor)