Similes & Metaphors
English · Vocabulary · conceptual
Understand and identify similes (comparisons using like or as) and metaphors (direct comparisons stating something is something else) in texts, explaining how each creates imagery and conveys meaning
What mastery looks like
- Identify similes in a text by locating comparisons using 'like' or 'as' and explain what two things are being compared and what quality is highlighted, e.g. 'The snow was like a white blanket'
- Identify metaphors in a text and explain the implied comparison, e.g. in 'Time is a thief', explain that time is compared to a thief because it takes things away
- Explain how a simile or metaphor in a poem or story creates a particular image or feeling for the reader that a literal description would not achieve
Check your understanding
When Similes & Metaphors reads a description like "the moon was a silver coin" or "her smile was like sunshine," can they explain what image the author was trying to create?
Prerequisites
Required first
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