Similes and Metaphors
What is a Simile?
A comparison using like or as.
What are the following words an example of?
Cat and Hat
Way and Day
Fade and Wade
Rhyming Words
What type of poetry is your favorite? Everyone answers!
Acrostic
Anaphora
Sense
Free Verse
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What is alliteration?
The repetition of sounds at the beginning of several words in order or near one another.
What is a metaphor?
A comparison that does not use like or as.
How many stanzas are in the poem on pg. 121-123?
13
What are the 5 senses used in a sense poem?
Sight
Smell
Taste
Sound
Touch
What is the dictionary definition of a word?
A. Literal Meaning
B. Non-Literal Meaning
A. Literal Meaning
Is this simile or a metaphor?
The girl was as fast as a cheetah.
Simile
The blank space that divides two stanzas from one another.
What is a poem with no rhyme scheme or set pattern of beats
A. Acrostic
B. Free Verse
C. Anaphora
B. Free Verse
This is an example of what?
Wally walked willie the walrus.
Aliteration
Which sentence is a metaphor?
1. The boy is a tree next to his friend.
2. The girl is going to the mall.
1. The boy is a tree next to his friend.
What is the attitude of a piece of writing, expressed through the style of writing and the words the author uses?
Tone
What type of poem is this?
Cuddly
Acrobatic
Treat-lover
Softly purring
A. Acrostic
B. Anaphora
C. Free Verse
A. Acrostic Poem
True or false
Extended metaphors only last for one line.
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False!
Write your own example of a simile.
Say a sentence that is written in 1st person point of view.
Answer will vary.
Must use I, me, or my
What type of poem is "She Had Some Horses" on pg. 84?
Anaphora
What is the literal and non-literal meaning of this phrase?
Spill the beans!
Literal- Beans have been spilled on to the table.
Non-literal- Tell me the secret.