Smile and Metaphor

The bruise on George’s foot felt as big as an elephant. 
What are the words in blue an example of?

• Simile

• Metaphor

My brother was boiling mad.

• simile

• metaphor

She is as thin as a toothpick.

• simile

• metaphor

My big brother is a couch potato.

• simile

• metaphor

What is the definition of a metaphor?

• Comparing two things using like or as.

• Comparing two different things NOT using like or as.

• Silly sentences using animals and people.

• Things that have people like characteristics.

What is figurative language?

• Language that means more than what the words say.

• Language that means just what the words say.

Simile or Metaphor?
The band played as loud as a sonic boom.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• eardrums

The assignment was a breeze.

• simile

• metaphor

Identify the Simile below...

• The tree danced in the wind.

• She is as tall as a tree!

• That cat is the devil.

• My backpack weighs a thousand tons!

Her temper tantrum was a tornado passing through the Midwest.

• Simile 

• Metaphor

• Idiom