1. A WebQuest for Differentiating Metaphors and Similes Alexis Thiel

2.  Figurative language has several different forms. Today we will be exploring two of those forms: simile and metaphor.  Read each slide and explore the sites linked. Then, using the information you’ve absorbed from the sites, complete the activities included.

3.  A simile is a figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as.  Read the page on Your Dictionary about similes, then complete the following activity!Your Dictionary

4.  How do similes compare objects?  List three of your favorite examples from the site? ◦ 1) ◦ 2) ◦ 3)  Choose one example and explicate it.

5.  A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison.  Read the page on Your Dictionary about metaphors, then complete the following activity!Your Dictionary

6.  How do metaphors compare objects?  List three of your favorite examples from the site? ◦ 1) ◦ 2) ◦ 3)  Choose one example and explicate it.

7.  “Bad Metaphors and Worse Similes” contains a long list of poorly written similes and metaphors. Select two and explain why they aren’t effect uses of figure of speech. “Bad Metaphors and Worse Similes” 1.2.

8.  Complete Page one of the worksheet.the worksheet.  Now, using your knowledge of similes and metaphors, create three original examples of each. 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3.

9.  Our next lesson will be based on a different form of figurative language- personification.  Come to class with a personal understanding of the term and who it is used. Be prepared to complete a WebQuest concerning personification next class.

10.  http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-simile- poems.html http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-simile- poems.html  http://examples.yourdictionary.com/metaphor- examples.html http://examples.yourdictionary.com/metaphor- examples.html  http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/documents/2338 _01.pdf http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/documents/2338 _01.pdf  http://www.eddiesnipes.com/2013/01/bad-metaphors- and-worse-similes/ http://www.eddiesnipes.com/2013/01/bad-metaphors- and-worse-similes/