1、Unit 1,Grammar and usage,My love is like a red, red rose. Robert Burns,A simile,A metaphor,All the worlds a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; William Shakespeare,an idiom,Its raining cats and dogs.,a euphemism,Senior citizens are respected in
2、 our country,My love is like a red, red rose.,Its raining cats and dogs.,Senior citizens are respected in our country,figurative language,All the worlds a stage, ,Simile,What is a simile?,A simile is a comparison of two different objects that are not usually thought to be similar.,What words are use
3、d in similes?,As and like.,How to make a simile effective?,Readers must be familiar with the objects being compared.,Similarly, many ordinary jobs may look dull, but they are as essential as water to our society.,By comparing these jobs to water, the importance of these jobs is emphasized and made m
4、ore obvious.,Analyze the following similes:,He loved camping, and his job was like a holiday for him.,Here the job is compared to holiday to express the person really enjoys his work and finds it relaxing.,More similes for you to enjoy:,1. The day we passed together for a while seemed a bright fire
5、on a winter night.,2. You are like a hurricane: theres calm in your eye, but Im getting blown away.,3. You are as blind as a bat.,4. She is as happy as a lark.,5. Im not as timid as a rabbit.,metaphor,What is a metaphor?,A metaphor is when you use two nouns and compare or contrast them to one anothe
6、r. Unlike simile, you dont use “like“ or “as“ in the comparison.,Something is something.,As a business person, you cant be a mouse. You have to be a tiger.,You cant be a timid person. You should be a brave person.,Metaphors,For lawyers, a courtroom is a battlefield.,A lawyer is compared to a fighter
7、. He must fight to win cases here.,Going to work every day became a chore for him, and he could hardly wait to find a new and exciting job.,Work is compared to a chore. This work is boring and the speaker is tired of it.,More metaphors for you to enjoy:,I am a rainbow.,“I am a rainbow“ is an example
8、 of metaphor because it is comparing two nouns, a person, and a rainbow, but does not use “like“ or “as“.,I am not Angel.,“I am not angel“ is an example of metaphor because it is contrasting two nouns.,Yang Min found an interesting poem on the Internet about qualifications for different jobs. Read t
9、he poem and under-line the similes and metaphors in it.,If you want to be a ,If you want to be a spy like James Bond 007, you need to be as cool as a cucumber and as sly as a fox.,and you need cast iron nerves.If you want to be a model,you need to be as tall as a treeand eat like a bird.If you want
10、to be an actor,metaphor,And a martial arts expert like Jackie Chan,you can not be a weed.If you want to be successful like Bill Gates,you need to have a mind like a computerand be as sharp as a spear in business.,metaphor,If you want to be a magician like David Copperfield, you need to make people s
11、ee that black is white and white is black.If you want to succeed in life, you need to be as hungry as a lion.,metaphor,B. Yang Min wants to find out the meanings of the similes and metaphors in the poem. Help her match the similes and metaphors with their correct meanings.,Answers:,1f 2j 3h 4i 5c 6b
12、 7e 8d 9a 10g,BUTTERFLIES by CLAIR Butterflies are as light as feathers They are like paper bags floating in the air And are as beautiful as dancing spirits I think they are as small as stars in the sky. Sometimes they are as blue as tear drops I bet they love flowers swaying in the breeze Butterflies are so cool!,Thank you!,