1、Grammar and usageSimile and metaphorMy love is like a red,red rose.Its raining cats and dogs.Senior citizens are respected in our countryFigurative(比喻的)languageCompared to my house,his is a palace.（It is used to help readers imagine what is happening in a text.）My love is like a red,red rose.Robert
2、Burns A simileCompared to my house,his is a palace.A metaphor the most commonly used1.Similarly,many ordinary jobs may lookdull,but they are essential as water toour society.Read more sentences using Simile carefully2.He loved camping,and his job was like a holiday for him.Simile:1.What is a simile?
3、A simile is a comparison of two different objects that are not usually thought to be similar.2.What words are used in similes?as and like.3.How to make a simile effective?Readers must be familiar with the objectsbeing compared.More similes for you to enjoy:1.The old mans hair was as white as snow.2.
4、Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.3.You are as blind as a bat.5.Im not as timid as a rabbit.4.“Mercy falls like the gentle rain from the sky upon the earth,”Portia said.Read more sentences using Metaphor carefullyAs a business person,you cant be a mouse.You have to be a tiger.Y
5、ou 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.What 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 as in
6、 the comparison.Something is something.More metaphors for you to enjoy:All the world is a stage.ShakespeareThe world is just like a stage,putting on different plays and people in the world are actors and actresses in the stage.I am not Angel.I am not a merciful,kind and helpful person.A.Yang Min fou
7、nd an interesting poem on the internet about qualifications for different jobs.Read the poem and underline the similes and metaphors in it.If you want to beIf you want to be a spy like James Bond 007,You need to be as cool as a cucumber and as sly as a fox.and you need cast iron nerves.simile If you
8、 want to be a model,you need to be as tall as a tree and eat like a bird.If you want to be an actorsimilesimileAnd a martial arts expert like Jackie Chan,you can not be a weed.If you want to be successful like Bill Gates,you need to have a mind like a computer and be as sharp as a spear in business.
9、metaphorsimilesimileIf you want to be a magician like David Copperfield,You need to make people see that black is white and white is black.If you want to succeed in life,You need to be as hungry as a lion.similemetaphorsimileB.Yang Min wants to find out the meaning of the similes and metaphors in th
10、e poem.Help her match the similes and the meta-phors with their correct meanings.Answers:1f 2j 3g 4I 5c 6b 7e 8d 9a 10hTaskDiscuss in group of four and write a poem or a story or a short passage using the figurative language(simile and metaphor)we learnt today.Then share your outcome with your classmates.Goodbye!
