Metaphor and Simile

Direct and Indirect Comparisons

Get ready for our lesson

Get out a pencil or pen and a piece of lined paper.

Title your paper Metaphor and Simile. Write your name on the top right corner.

Lesson Goals

Write down the lesson goals.

Identify metaphors and similes in poems.

Write your own 10 metaphors and your own 10 similes.

Accessing Prior Knowledge

Discuss with your partner what a metaphor is.

Write down you and your partner’s definition of metaphor.

Accessing Prior Knowledge

Discuss with your partner what a simile is.

Write down you and your partner’s definition of simile.

Questions

What questions do you still have about metaphors and similes?

Write down or draw sketches of the

metaphors in the following poem.

Child’s Song in Spring

The silver birch is a dainty lady,She wears a satin gown;The elm tree make the old churchyard shady,She will not live in town.

The English oak is a sturdy fellow,He gets his green coat late;The willow is a smart suit of yellow,While brown the beech trees wait.

E. Nesbit

Write down or draw a sketch of the

simile in the following poem.

The Eagle

He clasps the crag with crooked hands;

Close to the sun in lonely lands,

Ring’d with the azure world, he stands.

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;

He watches from his mountain walls,

And like a thunderbolt he falls.

Lord Alfred Tennyson

Creating Metaphors

Item #1 Item # 2

Sun Jewel

Leaf Boat

Clouds Cotton-balls

Creating Metaphors

The sun is a jewel in the sky.

Creating Metaphors

The leaf is a boat racing down the stream.

Creating Metaphors

The clouds are cotton-balls dabbing at the buildings.

Creating Similes

Item #1 Item # 2

Paintbrush Wand

Hair Straw

Rain Tears

Creating Similes

Her paintbrush is like a wand that creates magical pictures.

Creating Similes

His hair is like straw.

Creating Similes

The rain is like tears falling from the weeping sky.

Task

Create 10 metaphors of your own. Include a small sketch of each of your metaphors.

Create 10 similes of your own. Include a small sketch of each of your similes.

Reflection

How are

metaphors and

similes the same?

How are

metaphors and

similes different?

Metaphor Simile