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Stand if you can relate to these comparisons

This article explores the use of similes and metaphors in everyday language and how they can make ordinary words poetic. Discover the beauty in comparing things like hot chocolate, deer, sandpaper, busy bees, wise owls, and dramatic actors.

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Stand if you can relate to these comparisons

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  1. Stand if your hair is as brown as hot chocolate on a winter day. Image Source: Image Source: http://cdn.theatlanticcities.com/img/upload/2013/05/09/Screen%20Shot%202013-05-09%20at%2012.47.47%20PM.png

  2. Stand if you run like a deer crossing the street. Image Source: http://totallycoolpix.com/2011/06/animals-xing/

  3. Stand if your hands are sandpaper. Image Source: http://www.samuelkirk.co.uk/ekmps/shops/samuelkirk/images/sandpaper-sheet-2.5-grade-50-10064-p.jpg

  4. Stand if you are a busy bee. Image Source: http://thelontfamily.blogspot.com/

  5. Stand if you are like a wise owl. Image Source: http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/dazdraperma/dazdraperma1006/dazdraperma100600042/7256532-cartoon-wise-owl-sitting-on-pile-book-and-red-apple.jpg

  6. Stand if you are a dramatic actor. Image Source: http://bolstablog.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/actress-on-stage.jpg?w=300&h=257

  7. Figurative Language:Similes and Metaphors

  8. Simile Metaphor • Definition: Comparing one thing with another thing using the words like or as. • Example: • as brave as a lion • as proud as a peacock • like a shooting star • Definition: Comparing two things NOT using the words like or as. • Example: • He has a heart of stone. • A blanket of snow covered the streets. • My memory is a little cloudy.

  9. Similes and Metaphors in Music

  10. Simile or Metaphor? • Stand if your hair is as brown as hot chocolate on a winters day. • Stand if you run like a deer crossing the street. • Stand if your hands are sandpaper. • Stand if you are a busy bee. • Stand if you are like a wise owl. • Stand if you are a dramatic actor.

  11. How we can make ORDINARY words POETIC Poetic Ordinary

  12. Owl Moon Image and words from: Jane Yolen. (1987). Owl Moon. Philmel Books: New York, NY. It was late one winter night, long past my bedtime when Pa and I went owling There was no wind. The trees stood still as giant statues. And the moon was so bright the sky seemed to shine. Somewhere behind us a train whistle blew, long and low, like a sad, sad song.

  13. Let’s Start With The American Flag Image Source: http://www.flagsinternational.com/left-hand-american-flag-sticker.html

  14. Image Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/xlimitededitionx/2908054495/

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