ELA

A simile.....

• tells what a person likes

• compares two unlike things using the words like or as

• compares two similar things 

• tells what a person is doing

What is an idiom?

• A bird?

• A device used to confuse the reader.

• A word or phrase that does not mean what it says.

• A group of words that begin with the same sound.

What does it mean to say: "It's raining cats and dogs!"?

• Cats and dogs are falling from the sky.

• It's raining very heavily.

• We are having a tornado.

• Animals have learned to fly.

Identify the simile

• I like apples.

• Apples taste sweet.

• You're the apple of my eye.

• This apple is as sweet as candy.

My father is a bear in the morning.

• simile

• metaphor

Why do author's use idioms?

• To make their writing more interesting.

• To confuse the audience.

• To be mean.

• To cause frustration in the reader.

They don't ______ English

• Eat

• Speak

• Go

She ___ a teacher

• Are

• Is

• Am

• Aren't

They work ___ the office

• in

• at

• on

I ____ to buy a new car

• Want

• Understand

• Study