HOW TO DESCRIBE Similes Metaphors and Extended Metaphors

HOW TO DESCRIBE: Similes, Metaphors, and Extended Metaphors

What is a simile? ◦ A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two different things ◦ Uses “like” or “as”

Some examples you may have heard before…

Foreigner: Cold As Ice “You're as cold as ice You're willing to sacrifice our love You never take advice Someday you'll pay the price, I know” Pink: Just Like Fire "Just like fire, burning out the way If I can light the world up for just one day Watch this madness, colorful charade No one can be just like me any way Just like magic, I'll be flying free Imma disappear when they come for me"

Practice ◦ I’m hungry like a _________. ◦ You’re as fast as a _________. ◦ ____________ is like the feeling of having a snow day. ◦ __________ as a new car. Class example: _________________________________________________

What is a metaphor? ◦ A figure of speech which makes a comparison that is less obvious than a simile (there is no like or as) ◦ Typically compares two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics ◦ Example: The skies of his future began to darken ◦ Meaning: Darkness is a threat; therefore, this implies that the coming times are going to be hard for him.

David Guetta: Titanium “Ricochet, you take your aim Fire away, fire away You shoot me down but I won’t fall I am titanium” Pink: Just Like Fire "You‘re a falling star, you‘re the getaway car. You‘re the line in the sand when I go too far. "

Practice ◦ Shall I Compare Thee to _________? ◦ My brother was_________. ◦ _______ is a breeze. ◦ __________ is music to his ears. Class example: _________________________________________________

What is an extended metaphor? ◦ A comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem. Example: Shakespeare’s As You Like It “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts”

Halsey - Colors “Everything is blue His pills, his hands, his jeans And now I'm covered in the colors pull apart at the seams And it's blue Everything is grey His hair, his smoke, his dreams And now he's so devoid of color He don’t know what it means And he's blue” Throughout this song, Halsey uses the extended metaphor of color to describe her relationship and what is around her

Let’s practice!!