This document provides instructions for an assignment asking students to identify similes and metaphors in sentences. It includes 10 sentences for students to label as containing either a simile or metaphor. Students are then asked to write down the words being compared in each sentence and the meaning based on context. The document provides answers to the first part. It also includes examples of converting a simile to a metaphor and vice versa. Finally, students are instructed to create their own similes and metaphors on a piece of paper divided into four sections.

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  Humanities 7 W.A.1.1Name ______________________ Date ______ Section 7 ___Identifying Similes and MetaphorsPart 1: Decide whether each sentence contains a simile or a metaphor. Writethe word SIMILE if the sentence contains a simile. Write the word METAPHOR ifthe sentence contains a metaphor.__________ 1. The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on thegrocery store shelves.__________ 2. As the teacher entered the room she muttered under herbreath, “This class is like a three-ring circus!”__________ 3. The giant’s steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack.__________ 4. The pillow was a cloud when I put my head upon it after a longday.__________ 5. I feel like a limp dishrag.__________ 6. Those girls are like two peas in a pod.__________ 7. The fluorescent light was the sun during our test.__________ 8. No one invites Harold to parties because he’s a wet blanket.__________ 9. The bar of soap was a slippery eel during the dog’s bath.__________ 10. Ted was as nervous as a cat with a long tail in a room full of
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  Humanities 7 W.A.1.1Name ______________________ Date ______ Section 7 ___rocking chairs.Part 2: On a separate piece of paper write down the words being compared ineach sentence. Write the meaning of the simile or metaphor based on thecontext of the sentence.Part 3: Now it’s your turn! Create your own original examples, by writing threesentences that contain a metaphor and three sentences that contain a simile.You’ll have a total of six original sentences. Underline the words beingcompared in each sentence. Write the meaning of the simile or metaphor basedon the context of the sentence.Identifying Similes and MetaphorsANSWERSPart 1:1. SIMILE2. SIMILE3. METAPHOR4. METAPHOR5. SIMILE
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  Humanities 7 W.A.1.1Name ______________________ Date ______ Section 7 ___6. SIMILE7. METAPHOR8. METAPHOR9. METAPHOR10. SIMILEPart 2:1. baby, octopus2. class, 3-ring circus3. steps, thunder4. pillow, cloud5. I, limp dishrag6. girls, peas in a pod7. light, sun8. he (Harold), wet blanket9. bar of soap, slippery eel10. Ted, catAdapted from: http://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/bedford/harrisms/1poe.htm
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  Humanities 7 W.A.1.1Name ______________________ Date ______ Section 7 ___Willow and GinkgoEve MerriamThe willow is like an etching,Fine-lined against the sky.The ginkgo is like a crude sketch,Hardly worthy to be signed.The willow’s music is like a soprano,Delicate and thin.The ginkgo’s tune is like a chorusWith everyone joining in.The willow is sleek as a velvet-nosed calf;The ginkgo is leathery as an old bull.The willow’s branches are like silken thread;The ginkgo’s like stubby rough wool.The willow is like a nymph with streaming hair;Wherever it grows, there is green and gold and fair.The willow dips to the water,Protected and precious, like the king’s favorite daughter.The ginkgo forces its way through gray concrete;Like a city child, it grows up in the street.Thrust against the metal sky,Somehow it survives and even thrives.My eyes feast upon the willow,But my heart goes to the ginkgo.
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  Humanities 7 W.A.1.1Name ______________________ Date ______ Section 7 ___In the examples below, convert the metaphor into a simile, and thesimile into a metaphor.Simile MetaphorThe dancing dog is litter inthe wind.SimileHer skin is as rough assandpaper.MetaphorNow it’s your turn!
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  Humanities 7 W.A.1.1Name ______________________ Date ______ Section 7 ___Take a piece of blank white paper and fold it into fourths. In oneblock, write a simile and illustrate it. In the block immediately to theright, write the same sentence as a metaphor. Do the same for theother two blocks.
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  Humanities 7 W.A.1.1Name ______________________ Date ______ Section 7 ___Take a piece of blank white paper and fold it into fourths. In oneblock, write a simile and illustrate it. In the block immediately to theright, write the same sentence as a metaphor. Do the same for theother two blocks.