What have you noticed about the pictures you have just seen?

Mentally state your answer before going to the next slide.

You’re correct! All these pictures associate and

compare two unlike objects with each

other.

ALL OF THESE ARE WAY DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER!

pizza

ice

and

ALL OF THESE ARE WAY DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER!

we (referring to a group of people)

peas

and

ALL OF THESE ARE WAY DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER!

speech

woman’s skirt

and

ALL OF THESE ARE WAY DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER!

dog

socks

and

However, because of figurative language, specifically similes

and metaphors, we can associate two unlike objects to

sound more creative and meaningful, and to add an

effect.

Similes and metaphors do the same thing:they compare two unlike objects.

They only differ in terms of how they compare.

Similes use as or like. Metaphors do not.

1) My love for you is as strong as a rock. SIMILE

2) My love for you is a strong rock. It can never break. METAPHOR

3) You are like the sun; you brighten up my day! SIMILE

4) You are the sun that brightens up my day. METAPHOR

SIMILES AND METAPHORS IN POETRY

An emerald is as green as grassA ruby red as bloodA sapphire shines as blue as heavenA flint lies in the mud

A diamond is a brilliant stoneTo catch the world’s desireAn opal holds a fiery sparkBut a flint holds fire

An Emerald Is As Green As Grass by Christina RossetiRetrieved from: http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-simile-poems.html#EEJAlBlspRPT2RIz.99

I am one of manySmall branches of a broken tree,Always looking to the ones aboveFor guidance, strength and security.One little branch tryingTo keep the others from breaking away.Who will fall?And who will stay?Now I stand alone,Looking at the earth through the rain,And I see the broken branches I knewScattered about me in pain.

A Broken Family Tree by Lori McBrideRetrieved from: http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/tradition-poem-a-broken-family-tree