Metaphors
English: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 1.10.4
Metaphors
A metaphor is a type of figurative language.
Metaphors: use
- Like a simile, a metaphor describes something by comparing it to something else.
- But in a metaphor, the comparison is hidden by saying one thing is another thing.
Example
- His eyes were emeralds.
- His eyes are not actually emeralds.
- His eyes are bright green and beautiful, like emeralds.
Another example
- The exam was a breeze.
- The exam wasn't actually the wind.
- The exam was very easy.
Test yourself on Metaphors
Select the correct figurative language technique for the following sentence:
His eyes were lasers.What does this metaphor mean?
Her mind is a garden.