Simile
What is being compared?
"The brother and sister fought like cats and dogs."
The brother and sister, and cats and dogs fighting.
What is a metaphor?
To compare 2 unalike things and not use the words like or as.
What is being compared?
"The sun peeked out from behind the clouds."
The sun is being compared to peeking.
What is an onomatopeia? Please give an example.
When a word that sounds like a sound is used in a sentence. Examples can include Boom, bang, pop, crash, buzz, sizzle, and more.
What does this mean?
"It's raining cats and dogs outside."
It's raining very hard.
What does this sentence mean?
"My backpack is as light as a penny."
The backpack is very light.
Break it down:
Pennies are very light and don't weigh much. They are comparing their backpack to a penny, which means that it is light.
What does this compare?
"The classroom was a zoo."
It compares the classroom to the zoo.
What does this mean?
"My flowers were begging to be watered."
The flowers need to be watered.
Break it down:
Flowers can not beg. What does it mean to beg? It means to ask for something. The flowers were asking to be watered.
What sound word was used? What does this mean?
"My teeth were chattering as we waited in the freezing cold for the bus to arrive."
Chattering. This means that it's cold outside while waiting for the bus.
What does this idiom mean?
"My new TV cost an arm and leg."
The TV cost a lot of money
Break it down:
An arm and a leg are very important and we use them all the time. So they're worth a lot. So, when someone says it cost an arm and a leg it was expensive.
What is being compared in the simile?
"Her teeth were as white as pearls."
This sentence compares the girls' teeth to pearls.
What does this mean?
"Her hands were ice."
Her hands are cold.
Break it down:
We know that ice is cold. Our sentence is comparing someone's hands to ice, which would mean that they're cold.
What is being compared?
"Time flies when you're having fun."
Time and flying.
Which word would best finish the sentence?
"My ice cream went ______ on the ground."
-Splat -Crunch -Bang -Ding
Splat
My ice cream went splat on the ground.
What does this idiom mean?
"That test was a piece of cake!"
The test was easy.
Break it down:
Its easy to eat a piece of cake. So when someone says it was a piece of cake, they mean that it was easy.
What does this mean?
"She was annoying him like a mosquito buzzing in your ear."
She is annoying.
Break it down:
We know that mosquitos are annoying when they buzz around you. The girl is annoying, so they're comparing her to a mosquito.
What does this compare? What does it mean?
"After two hours in the sun, he was a lobster."
Being outside in the sun and a lobster. This is also telling us that he is sunburnt.
What does this mean?
"The sun peeked out from behind the clouds."
The sun is shining through the clouds.
Which is not an onomatopeia?
-Car -Quack -Pop -Ding
-Car
-It's a thing not a noise
What does this idiom mean?
"I feel under the weather today."
They feel sick.
What does this mean?
"The children were as happy as a pig with fresh mud."
The kids were happy.
Break it down:
Pigs like to roll in the mud, it makes them happy. Our sentence compares kids to pigs playing in the mud, which would mean they are happy.
What does this mean?
"I’d like to be a fly on the wall and see what it’s like to be President for a day."
They would like to see what it's like to be president.
Break it down:
Flies are always everywhere. The person wishes to be a fly on the wall. They wish they could take the place of a fly and see what it is like to be a president. They don't want to be a fly.
What does this mean?
"I kicked the soccer ball so hard it screamed into the goal."
The person kicked the soccer ball hard and got a goal.
What is the onomatopeia in the sentence?
"The kid jumped in the pool with a big splash!"
Splash
What does this idiom mean?
"Nick told Brianna to break a leg at her play tonight."
Wish someone good luck
He's not hoping that she breaks her leg, he's hoping she does well.