1、Grammar and usageTeaching Aims:1. Students are expected to learn simile and metaphor.2. Enable students to understand and use.Teaching Important and difficult Points:Develop the students ability of using simile and metaphor.Teaching Methods:Explanation and exerciseTeaching Procedures:Step1 lead-inA
2、simile:My love is like a red, red rose. Robert BurnsA metaphorIts raining cats and dogs.An idiomNo news is good news.A euphemismSenior citizens are respected in our country.figurative languageStep 2: Simile: What is a simile? A simile is a comparison of two different objects that are not usually tho
3、ught to be similar.What words are used in similes? As and like.How to make a simile effective?Readers must be familiar with the objects being compared. Analyse the following similes:using as:Bob runs as quickly as a deer.By comparing Bob to a deer, his speed is emphasized and made more obvious. usin
4、g like:He loved camping, and his job was like a holiday for him.Here the job is compared to holiday to express the person really enjoys his work and finds it relaxing.More similes for you to enjoy:1. The day we passed together for a while seemed a bright fire on a winters night. 2. You are like a hu
5、rricane: theres calm in your eye, but Im getting blown away. 3. You are as blind as a bat. 4. he is as happy as a clark. 5. Im not as timid as a rabit.Step 3 metaphorWhat is a metaphor?Metaphor is when you use two nouns and compare or contrast them to one another. Unlike simile, you dont use like or
6、 as in the comparison. Metaphors:As a business person, you cant be a mouse. You have to be a tiger.You cant be a timid person. You should be a brave person.For lawyers, a courtroom is a battlefield.A lawyer is compared to a fighter. He must fight to win cases here.Going to work everyday became a cho
7、re for him, and he could hardly wait to find a new and exciting job.Work is compared to a chore. This work is boring and the speaker is tired of it.More metaphors for you to enjoy:I am a rainbow is a example of metaphor because it is comparing two nouns, a person, and a rainbow, but does not use like or as.Homework:1. Read the points on Page 8 and finish C1 on Page 96 in Workbook.2. Preview the Task part.
