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Differentiating Metaphors and Similes: A WebQuest Exploration

Join us in exploring the fascinating world of figurative language, focusing on similes and metaphors. This engaging WebQuest will guide you through informative slides and linked resources, helping you understand how these two forms of comparison function. Complete activities that will challenge you to identify, create, and explicate your own examples. Additionally, you'll evaluate poorly constructed similes and metaphors, learning what makes a figure of speech effective. Prepare for an enriching learning experience!

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Differentiating Metaphors and Similes: A WebQuest Exploration

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  1. Figurative Language A WebQuest for Differentiating Metaphors and Similes Alexis Thiel

  2. Introduction and Task • 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. What is a Simile? • 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!

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

  5. What is a Metaphor? • 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!

  6. Metaphor Activity • 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 Examples • “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. 1. 2.

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

  9. Next Lesson • 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. Sources • http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-simile-poems.html • http://examples.yourdictionary.com/metaphor-examples.html • http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/documents/2338_01.pdf • http://www.eddiesnipes.com/2013/01/bad-metaphors-and-worse-similes/

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