Similes and Metaphors Worksheets
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This resource contains two worksheets on similes and metaphors. Tasks include identifying similes and metaphors and composing similes and metaphors.
Additional information
| Resource type | Worksheet/Activity |
|---|---|
| Age range | Age 6-8, Age 9-13 |
Description
This resource contains two worksheets on similes and metaphors. Tasks include identifying similes and metaphors and composing similes and metaphors.
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Similes and Metaphors – Set of 16 Worksheets
This resource contains 16 worksheets. Tasks and activities include:
Identifying similes and metaphors in sentences and poetry and literature from The Ancient Mariner by Coleridge, Sea Fever by John Masefield, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth, The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes, A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns, several Bible verses and Shakespeare quotes.
Composing sentences and short paragraphs containing similes and metaphors on themes including foggy day, the haunted house, the snow, the combine harvester, candle flame, trees, hate, love, happiness.
There is also a poster on the difference between similes and metaphors and an explanation sheet with examples of metaphors and similes and the difference between them.
Similes and Metaphors PowerPoint Lesson
This resource contains a 39 slide PowerPoint lesson on similes and metaphors.
The PowerPoint includes:
An explanation and definition of similes and metaphors and the differences between them.
Why they are used.
Examples of similes and metaphors from poetry and literature – I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud (William Wordsworth), The Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge), The Highwayman (Alfred Noyes), My Luv is Like a Red, Red Rose ( Robert Burns) and the Bible
Opportunities for students to identify similes and meatphors
Images to stimulate students to compose their own similes and metaphors.
Opportunities to identify, and distinguish between, similes and metaphors.
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Similes and Metaphors – PowerPoint Lesson and Worksheets
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