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    Metaphors compare two unlike things without using "like" or "as". Examples provided compare a person to a pig to describe eating habits, a room to a pig pen to describe messiness, a person to a couch potato to describe laziness, a person to a volcano to describe anger, and a person to a giant to describe size. Metaphors provide descriptive meaning beyond literal statements.

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    Metaphors compare two unlike things without using "like" or "as". Examples provided compare a person to a pig to describe eating habits, a room to a pig pen to describe messiness, a person to a couch potato to describe laziness, a person to a volcano to describe anger, and a person to a giant to describe size. Metaphors provide descriptive meaning beyond literal statements.

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    Metaphors compare two unlike things without using "like" or "as". Examples provided compare a person to a pig to describe eating habits, a room to a pig pen to describe messiness, a person to a couch potato to describe laziness, a person to a volcano to describe anger, and a person to a giant to describe size. Metaphors provide descriptive meaning beyond literal statements.

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    Metaphors

    Objective: Define Metaphors


    and Identify Examples of
    Metaphors and Their Meanings.
    What are Metaphors?

    • A metaphor compares
    two things without using
    like or as.
    Examples of Metaphors

    I am a pig. I eat all of


    the time.
    • What two things are being
    compared?

    • What does this metaphor mean?


    My room is a pig pen. I have
    clothes everywhere.

    • What two things are being


    compared?

    • What does the metaphor mean?


    Walter is a couch potato. He
    doesn’t move all day.

    • What two things are being


    described?

    • What does the metaphor mean?


    Jeff was a volcano after hearing
    his brother broke his favorite
    toy.

    • What two things are being


    compared?

    • What does the metaphor mean?


    John is a giant in his class.

    • What two things are being


    compared?

    • What does the metaphor mean?


    • Create one metaphor with your
    group.

    1. Think of two objects to compare


    and write them in a sentence.

    • Metaphor- compares two things


    without using like or as.

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