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Metaphors

Students will be able to define a metaphor and write one of their own. Metaphors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN104uji--Y. A metaphor compares two things by saying that one thing IS the other. Does not use like or as. February 24, 2014 Metaphors . It makes a vivid mental picture .

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Metaphors

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  1. Students will be able to define a metaphor and write one of their own. Metaphors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN104uji--Y

  2. A metaphor compares two things by saying that one thing IS the other. • Does not use like or as. February 24, 2014 Metaphors

  3. It makes a vivid mental picture. • Is a stronger comparison than a simile. • The reader has to find similarities…like a detective finding clues. Why use a metaphor?

  4. An author uses metaphors to give the reader clues about the plot, characters, or setting. The reader has to make connections between the two things in the metaphor.

  5. After a long day of hiking, the kids were pigs at dinner. ? What’s being compared? What clues help you understand the comparison?

  6. The Cafeteria The cafeteria is a jungle.Wild animals scrambling for food. Gruntinglike wild boarsStampedingto the lineDevouringtheir preyCleaningtheir pawsand then returning to their dens. By: Alex Foster, Maura Grasshoff, Bridget Bradley, and Christa Michel

  7. Honey A busy bee’s a poem With nectar that’s so fine A reader-eater laps up Every honey of a line. By J. Patrick Lewis. How are bees and poems alike in this poem?

  8. Crocodile Upon the watery deeps he lives, and floats the timbers of his ribs. The cargo of his belly rides heavy in his iron hide. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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