This bundle contains a fully editable 39-slide PowerPoint presentation, a set of 13 worksheets and 22 posters on similes and metaphors.

PowerPoint Lesson

The PowerPoint focuses on:

An explanation and definition of similes and metaphors.

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.

The difference between similes and metaphors.

Images to stimulate students to compose their own similes and metaphors.

Opportunities to identify, and distinguish between, similes and metaphors.

Set of 13 Worksheets

This resource contains 13 worksheets on similes and metaphors. Tasks 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 about images eg - foggy day, the haunted house, the snow, the combine harvester, candle flame, trees, hate, love, happiness.

Set of 22 Posters

This resource contains 22 posters on similes and metaphors

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