Topic: Literary

Devices
SUBTOPIC: SIMILES & METAPHORS
OBJECTIVES:
• Clearly, define the literary
terms: similes and metaphors.
• Accurately, differentiate
between the simile and
metaphor.
• Correctly, identify similes and
metaphors in given extracts.
 Activity:
Instructions - State whether the given sentences are similes or metaphors.
Example: She is as tall and lonely as the mountain-iris, cold and distant. Simile
My mind is a puddle in the street reflecting green. Metaphor
 1. She is as tender as a May morning. -----------------------------

2. The distant city is a band of twinkling gems. ----------------------------

3.The sky became a green and orange fan. ------------------------
4. Her dress was as white as the hawthorn buds in May. --------
5.The moon was a golden petal. -----------------------------

Read each 6. My breath is the music of the mad wind. ----------------------

sentence and 7. The sky was green wine held up in the sun. ---------------------

8.The ships assemble at morning like a flock of great blue cranes.

answer: --------------
9.The spotlight cleaves the darkness like the stroke of a sword.
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10.The muscles of his brawny arms are strong as iron bands. ----------
 The Haircut
When I woke up on Saturday, mom said I was a sheepdog with my long,
shaggy hair, and it was time for me to get my hair cut. When I looked
Read the story at her, she was a zebra, half hidden behind the drapes of my
overgrown bangs. I couldn’t help it. I laughed. She was right, my hair
had to be cut.
below.
Underline all The barber’s chair was a tower, and he pumped it higher and higher. I didn’t
really mind. I was an explorer, looking at the world in a whole new way. The
the metaphors pieces of hair on the floor were an exotic carpet of strange brown fibers that
crisscrossed in a crazy pattern. The floor was an odd new planet, and I was
an astronaut looking down from above. The barber pumped the chair again,
you find. and I was a rocket coming in for a landing. I couldn’t believe the adventure
was over so soon.
On the way home, we stopped at the store to buy some milk. Unfortunately, there
was some amazing sale going on at the time. We were tiny fish swimming in
a sea of people. I couldn’t wait to get out of there and go home. The drive
home was a frustrating experience, because the holiday traffic had turned the
street into a parking lot. I hope it’s a long time before I’m a sheepdog again!
ANSWER SHEET

Topic: Similes and Metaphors

1. Simile

2. Metaphor

3. Metaphor

4. Simile

5. Metaphor

6. Metaphor

7. Metaphor

8. Simile
9. Simile

10. Simile
The Haircut: answer sheet

When I woke up on Saturday, mom said I was a sheepdog with my long, shaggy hair, and it was time for
me to get my hair cut. When I looked at her, she was a zebra, half hidden behind the drapes of my
overgrown bangs. I couldn’t help it. I laughed. She was right, my hair had to be cut.
The barber’s chair was a tower, and he pumped it higher and higher. I didn’t really mind. I was an
explorer, looking at the world in a whole new way. The pieces of hair on the floor were an exotic
carpet of strange brown fibers that crisscrossed in a crazy pattern. The floor was an odd new planet,
and I was an astronaut looking down from above. The barber pumped the chair again, and I was a
rocket coming in for a landing. I couldn’t believe the adventure was over so soon.
On the way home, we stopped at the store to buy some milk. Unfortunately, there was some amazing
sale going on at the time. We were tiny fish swimming in a sea of people. I couldn’t wait to get out of
there and go home. The drive home was a frustrating experience, because the holiday traffic had
turned the street into a parking lot. I hope it’s a long time before I’m a sheepdog again!
GOOD LUCK