Definitions
What is the definition of a simile?
-A ________ between 2 unlike things using ___ or _____.
A comparison between 2 unlike things using LIKE or AS.
Identify the figurative language:
He runs like a turtle
simile
Create a simile:
Her fur is as soft _______________
Her fur is as soft as (a blanket, cotton candy, silk, a cloud, etc).
What is the definition of a metaphor?
A comparison between two unlike things NOT using like or as.
Identify the figurative language:
He has the heart of a lion
Metaphor
Create a metaphor:
My eyes are_______
My eyes are (glass, diamonds, the sky, chocolate, etc).
What is the definition of personification?
Giving an inanimate object or animal human characteristics.
Identify the figurative language:
She is a songbird
Metaphor
Personify the actions below:
Ocean waves crashing against the sand
Ex)The ocean beat up the sand, the ocean greeted the shore, the waves caressed the sand, etc.
What is the definition of a simile?
A comparison between 2 unlike things using LIKE or AS.
Identify the figurative language:
The wind whistled throughout the day.
Personification
Create an example of a simile:
Multiple answers
What is the definition of personification?
Giving an animal or inanimate object human characteristics.
Identify the figurative language(x2):
During the angry night, the wolf grinned at its prey. The rabbit stopped in its tracks, and then ran like the wind.
Personification and simile
Personify a leaf:
The leaf_____________
The leaf (sprinted through the sky, fainted from the tree, jumped off the branch, etc).