SIMILE & METAPHOR

Simile

Definition:

Simile is when you compare two nouns (persons, places or things) that are unlike, with "like" or "as."Simile also means you compare the current subject, object or action to some other idea to create an image.

Example:

"The water is like the sun."

"The water is like the sun" is an example of simile because water and the sun have little in common, and yet they're being compared to one another. The "is" is also part of what makes this stanza an example of simile.

"The rain falls like the sun,

rising upon the mountains."

Here is another example, comparing falling rain to the rising of the sun. Good similes compare two very different nouns.

SENSES

Sadness is as happy as laughter.
You might cry because it hurts.
You might laugh because it hurts.
But I know one thing,
laughter is laughter and sadness
is sadness.
They can show the
same things like
hurting and gladness



Hockey

Hockey is like reading
You get into it and then you never
want to stop
You feel like you're in a different world.
Hockey is like school
You have to do your work and
you have to practice or you will get an "F"
Hockey is like math
You get stronger and before you know it
You're getting an
"A"
Your scoring goals
Now that's
Hockey!


PIANO

Playing the piano is like
A bird soaring in the
Sky.
When you play the keys it is like
Flying your fingers across the
Piano.
The notes are like
Clouds drifting through the sky


VELVET

My mind is as brave
as a warrior
of the night.

It's ready to
take on anything
that comes to
it.

It can take
on any dream,
and always follows
Life.

Metaphor

Definition:

Metaphor is when you use two nouns and compare or contrast them to one another. Unlike simile, you don't use "like" or "as" in the comparison.

Examples:

"I am a rainbow"

"I am a rainbow" is a example of metaphor because it is comparing two nouns, a person, and a rainbow, but does not use like or as.

"I am not Anger"

"I am not anger" is an example of metaphor because it is contrasting two nouns.

MY LIFE IS A DREAM

My life is a dream,
like a tiger waking
up from her deep sleep.
My life is like
a dream,
it's all
up
to
me,
the trees
are
purple,
the
stars
talk
away
the night,
the
moaning moon
lights
up the sky


I AM LAS VEGAS

I am Las Vegas growing by the infinite
awake morning by night,
or day.
I am Las Vegas
My hand is the sand.


I AM A SWORD

I am a sword,
Sharper than a tongue
Nobody can defeat me,
Because I am a sword,
I can not be hurt by what people say
About me,
I will not show my anger
Against
Someone else



MATH

Math is the career for kids.
If you don't
know math
you won't make any money.
you won't get a job.
you won't get a house.