English Lesson 7 - Metaphor

Activity 1

Review the following words:

fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, fairy tales, folktales, fables, myths,  rhyme, alliteration, repetition, simile

Make a new word card with the word metaphor. The comparison of one thing to another without the use of like or as.

Examples

Elizar became a raging tiger when faced by the dragon.
During the night the forest was a dark, frightening battlefield.

Activity 2

Below are some sentences from The Dragonslayer. Write metaphor or simile in front of each sentence to indicate which poetic device is being used. Highlight the two items that are being compared in each sentence.

1. ____simile____ page 13 He has a face of fear, teeth like daggers, a roar that can stop your heart.
2. ____________ page 14 He had three knights, and they were the shame of the kingdom, a bumbling collection of fools and clowns that could be counted on to embarrass him in important situations.
3. ____________ page 31 I've said that a hundred times, and here I stay, pretty as a picture-and just about as active.
4. ____________ page 40 "I'm a good tracker," it said. "Got a nose as sharp as a hawk's eye."
5. ____________ page 43 Its intricate pattern was woven from silvery strands as thick as her little finger.
6. ____________ page 43 Eyes wide, heart pounding, she peered through a curtain of new spring leaves.
7. ____________ page 44 Willie found herself staring into eyes as big as her fists.
8. ____________ page 44 Its head was the size of a melon.
9. ____________ page 44 They seemed to have as many facets as the best diamonds in her father's treasury.
10. ____________ page 62 Now the others joined him, singing of dewdrops that hung like diamonds along the edges of green leaves.
11. ____________ page 63 The dragon is death, but the forest is life.
12. ____________ page 63 The dragon is fear, but the forest gives courage.
13. ____________ page 65 It had a head that was easily twice as long as that of the largest horse.
14. ____________ page 65 Broad at the top, it tapered to a pointed snout that  curved down like a bird's beak.
15. ____________ page 65 The nostrils, each the size of a man's fist, widened and dilated as the dragon breathed.