TASK: Pick up the nearest book, turn to a random page and find a simile or metaphor. Leave a comment with the title, author, page number and the simile or metaphor.
E.g. The Twits by Roald Dahl, pg 15 “if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams” – simile
OR
Turn on the radio or put your iPod on shuffle and listen for a simile or metaphor and leave it in a comment along with the singer/group and title of the song.
Jill Murphy , All for one – “it looks as if a bomb’s hit it”. Simile
The twits, Roald Dahl , pg 62 – “just do as your told and don’t argue”
Pg 64 – Everyone was splashing away like mad and, with so many helpers, the job was soon finished.
Good work.
Roald Dahl Fantastic Mr Fox . Page 29
‘ Beans face was purple with rage.’ – metaphor
‘Bunce was cursing the Fox with dirty word’s.- metaphor
‘ We’re not going home till we’ve string you up dead as a dingbat.’- similie
‘ you saucy beast said Mr Fox.’- metaphor page 61
Super work. Well done.
Roald Dahl’s Charlie & the Chocolate Factory – Chapter 15 – Page 87…
The Chocolate Room ‘Metaphor & Simile’…
‘This is the nerve centre of the whole factory, the heart of the whole business!’.
Fantastic work.
Spy pups by Andrew cope
Page 40 Simily -he is as eager as a hark
Page 54 metaphor – maybe this is a ghost pirate
My book is horrid Henry
Get back her worm
Stop it mouldy measle
My brother Henry is as horrid as a bear
My brother peter is as good as a fairy
Horrid Henry
These are metaphors because there telling someone that there something
Get back her worm
Stop molldy measle
These are similes because they tell you someone is like something
My brother Henry is as horrid as a volcher
My brother peter is as good as a fairy
Excellent explanations.
David Walliams – Gangsta Granny
Page 126, The man is a menace – metaphor
Page 129, his eyes shone red like a demon – simile
Well done.
Roald Dahl ” The Magic Finger” page 19 ” and they were really tiny, they were about as big as robins”. This is a simile.
My metaphor is
My sister is a nuisance
Me and my mum were listening to the radio this weekend on the way to Heidi’s party and I heard lots of songs with similes and metaphors in.
We heard Rihanna “Shine bright like a diamond” which is a simile.
Katy Perry ” Baby your a firework” which is a metaphor.
Hannah Montana “There’s always going to be another mountain” also a metaphor.
Fergie “I’m going to miss you like a child misses there blanket” which is a simile.
I love Little MIx and I pointed out these to my mum and dad from the song Wings ….
Spread your wings my little butterfly (Metaphor)
Don’t matter if I fall from the sky (Metaphor)
Like water off my wings (Simile)
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Tiana
I heard Katy Perry fireworks on the radio in dads car do you ever feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind wantin to start again, do you ever feel feel so paper thin like a house of cards one blow from cavin in I like this song
Mr Clare
Fantastic listening.