Metaphor and its usage

"The sun was a toddler... refusing to go to bed. It was past eight thirty and still light."

-John Green

• Simile

• Metaphor

Identify the metaphor in the following sentence: 'Her voice is music to my ears.'

• Her voice is like a chainsaw in my ears.

• Her voice is music to my ears.

• Her voice is as soothing as nails on a chalkboard.

• Her voice is as pleasant as a dentist's drill.

Which vocabulary word is being defined?

Describe one thing as if it were something else. They often point out a similarity between two unlike things.

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

That test was a piece of cake

• Simile 
• Metaphor
• Neither

What is an example of a metaphor? 

• She is like a bear in the morning- grumpy and cruel. 
• The flower stretched her hand out to the sun, yearning for its' rays. 
• Her hair was silk. 
• Buzz, Hiss, Woof 

“The great bunch seemed very heavy to his arms, and his heart was often in his mouth, in spite of his ring…” – page 178

• simile

• metaphor

• neither

"Our family is a patchwork quilt" is an example of what?

• Alliteration

• Allusion

• Simile

• Metaphor

The sun is a flower, that blooms for just one hour.

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

Sue is a bookworm.

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

a comparison between two unlike things

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia