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Metaphors

Metaphors. Objective: Define Metaphors and Identify Examples of Metaphors and Their Meanings. Nathan P. Wells Greenfield Elementary 4 th grade. What are Metaphors?. A metaphor compares two things without using like or as. How is this different from a simile?. Examples of Metaphors.

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Metaphors

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  1. Metaphors Objective: Define Metaphors and Identify Examples of Metaphors and Their Meanings. Nathan P. Wells Greenfield Elementary 4th grade

  2. What are Metaphors? • A metaphor compares two things without using like or as. • How is this different from a simile?

  3. Examples of Metaphors I am a pig. I eat all of the time. • What two things are being compared? • What does this metaphor mean?

  4. My room is a pig pen. I have clothes everywhere. • What two things are being compared? • What does the metaphor mean?

  5. Walter is a couch potato. He doesn’t move all day. • What two things are being described? • What does the metaphor mean?

  6. Jeff was a volcano after hearing his brother broke his favorite toy. • What two things are being compared? • What does the metaphor mean?

  7. John is a giant in his class. • What two things are being compared? • What does the metaphor mean?

  8. Create one metaphor with your group. 1. Think of two objects to compare and write them in a sentence. • Metaphor- compares two things without using like or as.

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