Similes and Metaphors

Directions: Watch the attached video on Similes and Metaphors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuf3lyZ7Td4 and then answer the following FOUR
questions. Type your answers in BOLD in the space provided.

1. Give ONE example, FROM THE VIDEO, of the following figures of speech, as given by the
presenter. (4 marks)

● Simile which uses AS

Answer: He was as fast as a sports car.

● Simile which uses LIKE

Answer:His hair was spiky like the top of a pineapple

● Metaphor which uses IS

Answer: Time is money

● Metaphor which IMPLIES

Answer: Your brain is a computer

2. As instructed in the video, write a simile to describe how sweet a lady smells. (2 marks)

Answer:The lady smelled as sweet as cherries

3. ‘All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players’ is an example of a
metaphor from Shakespeare’s play ‘As You Like it’ (Act 11 Scene vii)
As instructed in the video, what do you think Shakespeare meant by comparing the world to a
stage and the men and women to players? (2 marks)
Answer: The world is a play and we are the actors

4. Fill in the blanks in the statement, according to the information given in the video. The first
letter of each word has been suggested for you. (3 marks)

Similes and metaphors help make writing and reading more ________and _________by
creating _______ _________.

Answer: Engaging

Answer: Interesting

Answer: Mental

Answer: Picture

Total 10 marks