How to Metaphor...Review

Similes vs Metaphors

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Topic/Objective:

I can identify and analyze the intention of a metaphor.

Essential Question:

What is the difference between a metaphor and simile? Can you convert similes INTO metaphors?

Multiple Choice

As slippery as an eel.

• metaphor

• simile

Multiple Choice

He was a lion in battle.

• Metaphor

• Simile

Multiple Choice

She's as pretty as a picture.

• metaphor

• simile

Poll

My brain needs a hard reset.

How did you "think this through" to figure out what the metaphor meant?

(choose all that apply)

• focused on the words "hard reset" which is what we do to iPads when they are glitchy.

• focused on figuring out what two things are being compared.

• focused on how a brain and a "hard reset" are related.

Multiple Choice

The clouds were fluffy like cotton wool.

• metaphor

• simile

Multiple Choice

The striker was a goal machine.

• metaphor

• simile

Poll

What's the easiest way to tell the difference between a simile and a metaphor?

• Metaphors are only used in poetry

• Metaphors do not use the words "like" or "as"

• Metaphors are harder than similes

• Metaphors are only used in fiction

Multiple Choice

My brain needs a hard reset.

What point is this metaphor expressing?

• That iPads are like brains.

• That they are really smart.

• That they need to rest.

Multiple Choice

What is this metaphor saying?

I clawed through my dinner last night. I was starving.

• That she was so hungry she ate like an animal.

• That she has really long nails and got food stuck in them.

• This isn't even a metaphor.

Multiple Choice

Let's burn some rubber and get out of here!

What two things are being compared here?

• Nothing is being compared here.

• The humans to some rubber.

• The humans to a car (burn rubber = tires of a car)

Multiple Choice

He sings so beautifully that everyone's faces were broken faucets.

What is this metaphor EMPHASIZING?

• That their sinks at home are leaking.

• That he sang so well.

• That everyone was so moved by his singing that they cried openly.

Multiple Choice

What is the meaning of this metaphor?

Don’t let the pot holes keep you from reaching your destination.

• This isn’t a metaphor.

• That life is really fun and pot holes are the best parts.

• That life is full of obstacles but they are worth overcoming.

Multiple Choice

Education is power, but reading Is how you gain power-ups.

Why does the metaphor compare education to power?

• Because when you understand how something works, you gain control over it.

• Because you get more jobs in life after an education.

Multiple Choice

Education is power, but reading Is how you gain power-ups.

Why does the metaphor compare reading to power-up?

• Because reading makes your brain bigger.

• Because reading lets you learn things for yourself which gives you more “power.”

• Because reading is really hard and so is getting an education.