EnglishVocabularyAges 9–11
Similes & Metaphors
Understand and identify similes (comparisons using like or as) and metaphors (direct comparisons stating something is something else) in texts, explaining how each creates imagery and conveys meaning
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Explain the image a comparison creates.
Explain the image a comparison creates.
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- Identify similes in a text by locating comparisons using 'like' or 'as' and explain what two things are being compared and what quality is highlighted, e.g. 'The snow was like a white blanket'
- Identify metaphors in a text and explain the implied comparison, e.g. in 'Time is a thief', explain that time is compared to a thief because it takes things away
- Explain how a simile or metaphor in a poem or story creates a particular image or feeling for the reader that a literal description would not achieve
“When your child reads a description like "the moon was a silver coin" or "her smile was like sunshine," can they explain what image the author was trying to create?”
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- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Vocabulary
- Age range
- Ages 9–11
Standards
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