1、单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Careers and skills,Grammar and usage,Simile and metaphor,My love,is like a red,red,rose,.,Its,raining cats and dogs,.,Senior citizens,are respected in our country,Figurative(,比喻的,)language,Compared to my house,his is a,palace,.,(,It is used to help readers
2、 imagine what is happening in a text.,),My,love,is like a red,red,rose,.,Robert Burns,A simile,Compared to my house,his is a,palace,.,A metaphor,Simile and metaphor,the most commonly used,1.Similarly,many ordinary jobs may look,dull,but they are essential as water to,our society.,Read more sentences
3、 using,Simile,carefully,2.He loved camping,and his job was,like a holiday for him.,Simile:,What is a simile?,A simile is a comparison of two different,objects that are not usually thought to be,similar.,What words are used in similes?,as and like.,How to make a simile effective?,Readers must be fami
4、liar with the objects,being compared.,More similes for you to enjoy:,1.The old mans hair was as white as snow.,2.,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,”Por
5、tia said.,Read more sentences using,Metaphor,carefully,As a business person,you cant be a,mouse,.,You have to be a,tiger,.,You 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
6、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 the comparison.,Something is something.,More metaphors for you to enjoy:,All the world is a stage.,Shakespeare,The world is just like a stage,putting on different plays a
7、nd people in the world are actors and actresses in the stage.,I am not Angel.,I am not a merciful,kind and helpful person.,Exercises,Yang Min found 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
8、be,If 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 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 actor,simile,simile,And a martial arts expert like Jacki
9、e 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.,metaphor,simile,simile,If you want to be a magician,like David Copperfield,You need to make people see that,black is white and white is black.,If
10、 you want to succeed in life,You need to be as hungry as a lion.,simile,metaphor,simile,B.Yang Min wants to find out the meaning,of the similes and metaphors in the poem.,Help her match the similes and the meta-,phors,with their correct meanings.,Answers:,1f 2j 3g 4I,5c 6b 7e 8d,9a 10h,Task,Discuss 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!,






