SIMILES AND METAPHORS THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME Kailee

SIMILES AND METAPHORS “THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME” Kailee Julio Jorge Salce Roland Aranda Caleb Cervantes Samiyija Brown Erick Gonzalez We are blue!!! `

WHAT ARE SIMILES AND METAPHORS? A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. Metaphors Similes A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid

EXAMPLES • Metaphor • Simile • His words is a knife cutting deep into my heart • His eyes were as golden as the sun. • My dog was like a race car.

EXAMPLES FROM THE TEXT • METAPHOR • SIMILE • "Who’d go up to the devil himself and ask him for a light” • The sea was as flat as a plate glass window • Pg. 2 • Because it’s an exaggeration used to describe someone else. • Pg. 2 • Because it uses “like” or “as”

EXAMPLE#2: LITERARY DEVICE • Metaphor • Simile • “ Its rather a mystery’’ • “But it was like trying to see through a blanket” • Because it is describing the concept of the conversation as if it was a mystery” • Pg. 1 • Because it is using “like” or “as” • Pg. 2

EXAMPLE 3: LITERARY DEVICE • Metaphor • “This is a grisly joke” • Because he is telling Zaroff if it was a joke, that he has a sick sense of humor • Pg. 7 • Simile • The door opened then– suddenly as if it were on a spring • Because it is using “like” or “as” • Pg. 4

EXAMPLE 4: LITERARY DEVICE • Metaphor • Simile • “I am still a beast at bay” • “Its like moist black velvet” • Because he is describing the feeling he has towards Zaroff. • It’s a simile because it is using the term like or as

WHY THE AUTHOR USED THIS LITERARY DEVICE • To give the reader a better look in 1 to the story

ALL DONE!!!!!