Similes and Metaphors PPT

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Literary Devices

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A PowerPoint presentation related to the short story "The Scarlet Ibis" about figurative language in similes and metaphors.

Transcript of Similes and Metaphors PPT

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Literary Devices

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SimileA comparison using like or asHis feet were as big as boats.

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Similes: “The Scarlet Ibis”“The Ibis lay on the earth like a broken vase of red flowers…”

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Similes: “The Scarlet Ibis”“The sick-sweet smell of bay flowers

hung everywhere like a mournful song.”

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Similes: “The Scarlet Ibis”“Success lay

at the end of summer like a pot of gold…”

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MetaphorA metaphor states

that one thing is something else. It is a comparison, but it does NOT use like or as to make the comparison.

Her hair is silk.

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Simile or Metaphor????The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the

cans on the grocery store shelves.

As the teacher entered the room she muttered under her breath, "This class is like a three-ring circus!“

The giant’s steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack.

The pillow was a cloud when I put my head upon it after a long day.

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Simile or Metaphor????I feel like a limp dishrag.Those girls are like two peas in a pod.The fluorescent light was the sun during our

test.No one invites Harold to parties because he’s a

wet blanket.The bar of soap was a slippery eel during the

dog’s bath.Ted was as nervous as a cat with a long tail in a

room full of rocking chairs.

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ChocolateMake as many similes and metaphors as you can for this word.