高中英语：Unit 1 Grammar and usage 课件 (牛津译林版选修11)(共23张PPT)

If you want to be a model, you need to be as tall as a tree simile and eat like a bird. simile If you want to be an actor
And a martial arts expert like Jackie Chan, you can not be a weed. metaphor If you want to be successful like Bill Gates,
2. He loved camping, and his job was like a holiday for him.
Simile: 1. What is a simile?
A simile is a comparison of two different objects that are not usually thought to be similar. as and like.
Grammar and usage
Simile and metaphor
My love is like a red, red rose.
Compared to my house, his is a palace. It’s raining cats and dogs.
Senior citizens are respected in our country．
For lawyers , a courtroom is a battlefield.
A lawyer is compared to a fighter. He must fight to win cases here.
What is a metaphor?
Metaphor is when you use two nouns and compare or contrast them to one another. Unlike simile, you don't use "like" or "as" in the comparison.
you need to have a mind like a computer simile and be as sharp as a spear in business. simile
If you want to be a magician like David Copperfield, simile You need to make people see that black is white and white is black. metaphor If you want to succeed in life,
Something is something.
More metaphors for you to enjoy:
All the world is a stage.
—Shakespeare
The world is just like a stage , putting on different plays and people in the world are actors and actresses in the stage.
Compared to my house, his is a palace.
the most commonly used
Read more sentences using Simile carefully
1. Similarly, many ordinary jobs may look dull, but they are essential as water to our society.
Figurative(比喻的) language
（It is used to help readers imagine what is happening in a tex
A simile
My love is like a red, red rose. —Robert Burns
A metaphor
If you want to be…
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.
simile
and you need cast iron nerves.
Read more sentences using Metaphor carefully
As a business person, you can’t be a mouse. You have to be a tiger.
You can’t be a timid person. You should be a brave person.
2. What words are used in similes?
3. How to make a simile effective?
Readers must be familiar with the objects being compared.
More similes for you to enjoy:
I am not Angel.
I am not a merciful , kind and helpful person.
A. Yang Min found an interesting poem on the internet about qualifications for different jobs. Read the poem and underline the similes and metaphors in it.
1. The old man’s hair was as white as snow.
2. LivLeabharlann ng without an aim is like sailing without a compass. 3. You are as blind as a bat. 4. “Mercy falls like the gentle rain from the sky upon the earth,” Portia said. 5. I’m not as timid as a rabbit.