Metaphor Hunt
Name:__________________________________
Figurative language includes special forms that writers use to help readers make a strong connection to their words. A metaphor is one kind of figurative language. It makes a direct comparison of two unlike things. You can tell the difference between a metaphor and a simile because a simile uses the words like or as, and a metaphor does not. Metaphors often use a form of the verb to be. he verb can be in the past tense !was, were", the present tense !am, is, are", or future tense !will be". Read the story below. Underline all the metaphors you find. he #aircut $hen I woke up on %aturda&, mom said I was a sheepdog with m& long, shagg& hair, and it was time for me to get m& hair cut. $hen I looked at her, she was a 'ebra, half hidden behind the drapes of m& overgrown bangs. I couldn(t help it. I laughed. %he was right, m& hair had to be cut. he barber(s chair was a tower, and he pumped it higher and higher. I didn(t reall& mind. I was an e)plorer, looking at the world in a whole new wa&. he pieces of hair on the floor were an e)otic carpet of strange brown fibers that criss*crossed in a cra'& pattern. he floor was an odd new planet, and I was an astronaut looking down from above. he barber pumped the chair again, and I was a rocket coming in for a landing. I couldn(t believe the adventure was over so soon. +n the wa& home, we stopped at the store to bu& some milk. ,nfortunatel&, there was some ama'ing sale going on at the time. $e were tin& fish swimming in a sea of people. I couldn(t wait to get out of there and go home. he drive home was a frustrating e)perience, because the holida& traffic had turned the street into a parking lot. I hope it(s a long time before I(m a sheepdog again-
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Metaphor Hunt
Name:__________________________________
Key
Figurative language includes special forms that writers use to help readers make a strong connection to their words. A metaphor is one kind of figurative language. It makes a direct comparison of two unlike things. You can tell the difference between a metaphor and a simile because a simile uses the words like or as, and a metaphor does not. Metaphors often use a form of the verb to be. he verb can be in the past tense !was, were", the present tense !am, is, are", or future tense !will be". Read the story below. Underline all the metaphors you find. he #aircut $hen I woke up on %aturda&, mom said I was a sheepdog with m& long, shagg& hair, and it was time for me to get m& hair cut. $hen I looked at her, she was a 'ebra, half hidden behind the drapes of m& overgrown bangs. I couldn(t help it. I laughed. %he was right, m& hair had to be cut. he barber(s chair was a tower, and he pumped it higher and higher. I didn(t reall& mind. I was an e)plorer, looking at the world in a whole new wa&. he pieces of hair on the floor were an e)otic carpet of strange brown fibers that criss*crossed in a cra'& pattern. he floor was an odd new planet, and I was an astronaut looking down from above. he barber pumped the chair again, and I was a rocket coming in for a landing. I couldn(t believe the adventure was over so soon. +n the wa& home, we stopped at the store to bu& some milk. ,nfortunatel&, there was some ama'ing sale going on at the time. $e were tin& fish swimming in a sea of people. I couldn(t wait to get out of there and go home. he drive home was a frustrating e)perience, because the holida& traffic had turned the street into a parking lot. I hope it(s a long time before I(m a sheepdog again-
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