Simile Uses like or as to make a direct comparison between unlike things.

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Simile Uses like or as to make a direct comparison between unlike things

Transcript of Simile Uses like or as to make a direct comparison between unlike things.

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Simile

Uses like or as to make a direct comparison between unlike things

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Willow and Ginkgo Poem

Page 740 Three readers

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Willow and Ginkgo

Examples of Simile:

The willow’s branches are like silken thread (line 11).

The ginkgo is leathery as an old bull (line 10).

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Willow and Ginkgo Assignment

Find and copy five more examples of similes in the poem Willow and Ginkgo on page 740 of your Literature book. (5 points)

Write a poem containing at least five similes (5 points)

Your draft is due Monday, March 23rd

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Metaphor

Compares unlike things without using the words like or as

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Fame is a Bee Poem

Page 741 One reader

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Fame is a Bee Assignment

Write the metaphor that is being used in the poem Fame is a Bee on page 741 of your Literature book. (2 points)

Write a short poem containing at least

five metaphors. (8 points)

Your draft is due Monday, March 23rd

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Personification

Giving human characteristics to a nonhuman subject.

Animating an inanimate object

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April Rain Song Poem

Page 742 Two readers

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April Rain Song Assignment

List five examples of Personification in the Poem April Rain Song on page 742 of your Literature book (5 points).

Write five examples of personification of your own. (5 points)

Your draft is due Monday, March 23rd

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Literature Books

Page 740: Willow and Ginkgo

Simile

Page 741: Fame is a Bee

Metaphor

Page 742: April Rain Song

Personification