1. Figurative Language
Similes and Metaphors

2. Figurative Language
• A writers tool
• It helps the reader
to visualize (see)
what the writer is
thinking
• It puts a picture in
the readers mind

3. Simile
• A simile is used
to compare two
things
• It uses the words
“like” or “as” to
make
comparisons.

4. Simile
• Krissy is as pretty
as a picture.
• Her hair shines
like the sun.
• Her eyes sparkle
like the stars in
the sky.

5. Metaphor
• A metaphor is used
to compare two
things
• Instead of saying
something is “like”
or “as” --- a
metaphor states
that it just IS.

6. Metaphor
• John’s mind is a computer.
• My mom is a workhorse.
• Bob is a snake in the grass.

7. Simile
• Marty’s feet
smell like
rotten fish.

8. Metaphor
• Ginger is an
angel.