Skin Like Milk, Hair of Silk_ What Are Similes and Metaphors

May 23, 2018 | Author: terapheuta | Category: Linguistic Morphology, Morphology, Languages, Semiotics, Onomastics
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by

Brian

illustrated

P.

by

Cleary Brian

Gable

Are you as clever as a fox? fox? Or perhaps you’re as sharp as any spike? spike? If so, this book will

Are you as clever as a fox? fox? Or perhaps you’re as sharp as any spike? spike? If so, this book will

For J imm y . .C. — B P

 S im i  le :  n  e  e  w  t  e  b  n   o   s   i  r a  p m  t   o a  h ac  t  s  g   n  i  h  t  e   k   i  l   n  u  o  t w as   r  o e k i l  s  u  se  :  r  o  h  p a  t  e  M  g   n  i   b   i   r c  s  e  d a wa y o f  y ca l  l in g i t  b  g   n  i  h  t  e m   o  s  se    l  e  g   n  i  h  t  s om e

by Brian P. Cleary illustrations by Brian Gable

J Millbrook Press / MinneaPolis

 es ar e  p h r a   l  i s    m e      i  S  r e tw unl i  s  k   a  p e  t    m h    o i    c n   t g   a s .    t  h o

,  n   i     s

   A 4

.   k   l   i   s  h  a   s  a i r  i s s o f  t

h  e  r  

e r s  e a t   h   c   a   e  .   t  s   r    O  l ike k i n g

Just like these, all similes contain an as  or like .

6

 d  n  A

h e r e ’ s  j u st   o  ne e x a 

She’s as sharp as any spike!

m p l e :

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S      

 m   o o  t h  a s  j a 

z  z    , 

k l i  m ,  e   l i k 

  n  i  k r  o    s a n  s    a e   s     d  e .  d  c   r h e e k s a s s

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 m p a r e t h i n   o  c g s    e s

   l   i 

  m      i     S

 , 

like, “My dad’s as

old as Moses.” 9

S

imiles can help you say

that someone in your class is

a     

s       

b     

 r    

 i    

g  h    t   

a s  

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 p o l  i s h e d  p e n n  i  e s

o    r   

s  s   l    o w  



a s  

t     h     i  c k   m  o  l    a    s    

s       e     s      



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u l i n d e s c r  f   p  l  e h  e   r i    ’ b   i     y n  e  h g   T  ng s a nd ev e n  p   i  h  t l     e a     l c     p e s ,     o  e  p  ,

,

like,

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fresh as folded laundry

l      i     , k  b     d  e  r   e    y a    g c   m   g e    a s     j  .      l    l

 a  o  r

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y o u  p a i nt  p   l  e h y  e  T h  p i c t  u  r  e   n a s  e e   u i ns i d e  y o  y o  a 

c

u r  

b r   a 

i  n  —  

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like, he’s clever 

as a fox,

o r  

h e r  t 

 e   k  e a r s  r a n l i

 .  n   i   r a 15

Once you learn about them,

c h  a   n   y ge   e  t h y u r w r i t i  ng  c a n o

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h a bits .

You’ll write one, two,

and then a few— y  l  p  i l    t i    l k  u e    m r a    l   l b     ’ b    y

  e

    h     t

 i  t    s   !    17

Metaphors are similar 

t o s i mi l e s, b u t y e t

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,

they DON’T use like  or as 

 r  ’ o     y  m   e  p a     t  h e c 

    n

   e

    h

   w

 r    i    n g   — 

d  o  n

’   t  o r g e  t  ! 

 f 

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Metaphors

will often use an “is” or “has” or “are.”

As in,

m  y s    a u     u  r e

     o

  y 

n  

s        

 h          

 n

  i               

 .

 e   

t h i s s 

O r  

i nge r i s  a

s t a r !

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He’s so sour . s  o w   s  s   ’  e e  e t      h   S . 

m    s  i   H  e m 22

o

o  f g     s g  y . r y  i

All of these are

metaphors,

just like,

his voice is froggy.

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  l   l   i h   c  e n

  E  v

a  

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o

ut  o r b e  c 

o  l    ,  o  

 .   n   o   i    t  a

h  e a t  e d  c o n v e r s

A    n 

i c y    g l a r e ,

a very warm

a frozen stare ,

ovation .

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At times, a sense of touch 

is at the root of such a phrase: i c e  o  v ,  e t

   l  e v

  v   a

a coarse reply,

.  e  s   i   a   r s  y  p   p   l o     t k e n   f   o  s

 e

  m    o    s

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So write! G  e  t  b 

u s y a s a b ee  ! 

e  r  u

  s

Y   o u 

  s   i 

t o b lo   s 

so  m

  k     r r  w o

   s   e      l     i 

i t h   s  i  m   met a p    h       d

w  

    n

  a

o r  

s  —

no doubt it will be awesome! 29

So what are similes? What are metaphors?

30

Do you know?

ABoUT ThE AUThoR & ILLUSTRAToR BRIAN P. CLEARY is te autr f te best-selling Wrds Are CATegrical® series,

te Mat Is CATegrical® series, te Adventures in Memry™ series, and te Sunds Like Reading™ series. he is als te autr f Te Laug Stand: Adventures in humr, Peanut Butter and Jellyfises: A Very Silly Alpabet Bk, and tw petry bks. he lives in Cleveland, oi. BRIAN GABLE is te illustratr f several Wrds Are CATegrical ® bks, as

well as te Mat Is CATegrical® series. Mr. Gable als wrks as a plitical cartnist fr te Globe and Mail  newspaper in Trnt, Canada, were e lives wit is cildren. Text cpyrigt © 2009 by Brian P. Cleary Illustratins cpyrigt © 2009 by Lerner Publising Grup, Inc. All rigts reserved. Internatinal cpyrigt secured. N part f tis bk may be reprduced, stred in a retrieval system, r transmitted in any frm r by any means—electrnic, mecanical, ptcpying, recrding, r terwise—witut te prir written permissin f Lerner Publising Grup, Inc., except fr te inclusin f brief qutatins in an acknwledged review. Millbrk Press A divisin f Lerner Publising Grup, Inc. 241 First Avenue Nrt Minneaplis, MN 55401 U.S.A. Website address: www.lernerbks.cm Library f Cngress Catalging-in-Publicatin Data Cleary, Brian P., 1959– Skin like milk, air f silk : wat are similes and metaprs? / by Brian P. Cleary ; illustrated by Brian Gable. p. cm. — (Wrds are CATegrical) ISBN: 978–0–8225–9151–1 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) 1. Simile—Juvenile literature. 2. Metapr—Juvenile literature. 3. Figures f speec—Juvenile literature. I. Gable, Brian, 1949– ill. II. Title. PE1445.F5.C54 2009 808—dc22 2008049643 Manufactured in te United States f America 1 2 3 4 5 6 – JR – 14 13 12 11 10 09 eISBN: 978-0-7613-5742-1

Brian P. Cleary is the author of  ®

the Words Are CATegorical  , Math Is CATegorical® , Adventures in Memory™, and Sounds Like Reading™ series. He has also written The Laugh Stand: Adventures in Humor, Peanut Butter and Jellyfishes: A Very Silly Alphabet Book, and two poetry books. Mr. Cleary lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

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