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Figurative Language 1

This document discusses two types of figurative language: similes and metaphors. It provides examples of each and exercises for the student to complete using similes and metaphors. Similes use like or as to compare two unlike things, while metaphors state that one thing is the other without using like or as. The student is asked to write similes and metaphors comparing various objects based on given prompts.

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Figurative Language 1

This document discusses two types of figurative language: similes and metaphors. It provides examples of each and exercises for the student to complete using similes and metaphors. Similes use like or as to compare two unlike things, while metaphors state that one thing is the other without using like or as. The student is asked to write similes and metaphors comparing various objects based on given prompts.

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7th Grade English

The Sunshine School


Mr. Michael

Name: Rodrigo_Flores__________ Date: _23/09/2020_____________

Figurative Language: Similes & Metaphors


Descriptive writers use figurative language to create vivid images in their readers’ minds. Two types of
figurative rlanguage are similes and metaphors.

In a simile, two things that are not alike are compared. A simile always uses the word like or as.
After lifting weights all summer, Rick was as solid as a rock.
I, however, was soft like a marshmallow.

Complete this sentence to create a simile.

The __eyes___________ were as blue as the sky.

Describe something heavy by using the simile “as heavy as lead.”


___ My grandmother's closet was so full that it couldn't be moved because it was as heavy as
lead._

Now, use a simile to compare the autumn tree to the sun.


__ Her orange dress shone in the field so as the autumn tree in the sun. _

Compare a flower with a butterfly. Use a simile.


_ That Lily was as funny as the fluttering of the butterfly in the sea. ______

A metaphor also compares two things that are not alike, but it does not use the words like or as. In a
metaphor, one item is said to be the other item. Here are two examples:
The snow was a blanket, protecting the tender spring flowers.
The lantern moon hung in the sky.

Use a metaphor to describe something light (in weight) by comparing the object to a feather.
___ She woke up from the dream, but still her thoughts played, being feathers in the air. __

Use a metaphor to compare a rainbow with a snake.


__ only the colors of the rainbow could be compared to the beauty of the color of that snake. _

Write three more metaphors to describe things you see right now:
1. Rabbits remind me a lot of Roberto, when he jumps.
2. Mario reminds me of winter rays when he talks.
3. His work reminds me of the ants

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