Listening Comprehension Topic: Recognizing and Interpreting Similes Simile A figure of speech in...
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Listening Comprehension Topic: Recognizing and Interpreting Similes Simile A figure of speech in which the word “like” or “as” is used to make a comparison between two things that don’t seem to be alike
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Listening ComprehensionTopic: Recognizing and Interpreting Similes
Simile
A figure of speech in which the word “like” or “as” is used to make a
comparison between two things that don’t seem to be alike
Listening ComprehensionTopic: Recognizing and Interpreting Similes
My new job fits me like a glove!
Listening ComprehensionTopic: Recognizing and Interpreting Similes
A summer wind feels like a cotton sheet.
Listening ComprehensionTopic: Recognizing and Interpreting Similes
What unlike things are being compared?
How does a cotton sheet feel?
How does the writer think a summer wind feels?
Listening ComprehensionTopic: Recognizing and Interpreting Similes
What unlike things are being compared?
The wind and a cotton sheet are being compared.
How does a cotton sheet feel?
A cotton sheet is soft and smooth against the skin.
How does the writer think a summer wind feels?
He/she thinks it feels good. It’s soft and smooth against the
skin.
Listening ComprehensionTopic: Recognizing and Interpreting Similes
At my new school I felt as comfortable as a fish out of water.
What unlike things are being compared?
How would a fish out of water feel?
How does the writer feel about being in a new school?
Listening ComprehensionTopic: Recognizing and Interpreting Similes
At my new school I felt as comfortable as
a fish out of water.
What unlike things are being compared? A person is
being compared to a fish.
How would a fish out of water feel?
Strange, unnatural, uncomfortable
How does the writer feel about being in a new
school? Strange, uncomfortable, as if he or she didn’t belong
there
Listening ComprehensionTopic: Recognizing and Interpreting Similes
On test day, Mary entered the classroom like a prisoner being
led to jail.
What unlike things are being compared?
How might a prisoner being led to jail feel?
How do you think Mary feels about the test she is about to take?
Listening ComprehensionTopic: Recognizing and Interpreting Similes
On test day, Mary entered the classroom like a prisoner
being led to jail.
What unlike things are being compared? Students are
being compared to prisoners.
How might a prisoner being led to jail feel? A prisoner
definitely would not feel good about being led to jail!
How do you think Mary feels about the test she is
about to take? Mary probably feels that she will not do well on
the test.
Listening ComprehensionTopic: Recognizing and Interpreting Similes
A Few Tips about Recognizing Similes
Tip # 1: Don’t be fooled by other uses of the words “like” and “as.” Often those words are used when there is no simile to be found.
Examples:
I like chocolate ice cream.
No comparison is being made. In the sentence,“like” means “enjoy” or “prefer.”
Listening ComprehensionTopic: Recognizing and Interpreting Similes
As I walked into the restaurant,
I saw an old friend.
Again, no comparison is being made.In this sentence, “as” means “when.”
Listening ComprehensionTopic: Recognizing and Interpreting Similes
A Few Tips about Recognizing Similes
Tip # 2: If you already know what metaphors are and you get them confused with similes, remember that the word “simile” looks like the word “smile,” and we smile at people we like. So, “like” (along with its partner, “as”) is used to create similes.
SIMILE!
Listening ComprehensionTopic: Recognizing and Interpreting Similes
Listening ComprehensionTopic: Recognizing and Interpreting Similes
As you listen to the reading
of
Grandfather’s Journey
make a “mind movie”
and
tally the similes you hear.
IIII II
Listening ComprehensionTopic: Recognizing and Interpreting Similes
How many similes did you hear?
Listening ComprehensionTopic: Recognizing and Interpreting Similes
#1 “rocks like enormous sculptures”
What unlike things are being compared?
What is Allen Say telling us about the
rocks?
Listening ComprehensionTopic: Recognizing and Interpreting Similes
#2 “…rivers as clear as the sky…”
What unlike things are being compared?
What is Allen Say telling us about the
rivers?
Listening ComprehensionTopic: Recognizing and Interpreting Similes
#3 “bombs…scattered our lives like leaves in a storm”
What unlike things are being compared?
What is Allen Say telling us about the bombs?
Listening ComprehensionTopic: Recognizing and Interpreting Similes
Figures of speech in which the word “like” or “as” is used to
make a comparison between two things that don’t seem to be
alike
Listening ComprehensionTopic: Recognizing and Interpreting Similes
Be alert to the author’s use of similes in the book we are
reading!
