Worksheet 1.1 similes and metaphors
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a) underline the similes, visual and sound images and metaphors in the following
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1. awall of water crashed over the top of the dam and into the valley below
2. sometimes my face turns as pink as a carnation
3. it flows onto the land like a giant bulldozer, snapping trees like twigs
4. a tsunami wave travels in circles like the ripples from a stone thrown into a
pond
5. the pond was covered by a mountain of slime.
6. theard heavy footsteps and my heart started pounding
7. we scratched our names in the ice
8. the ice cubes clinked in the jar as we rolled it back and forth
9 i could see tears raining down her face.
10. the sea is a hungry dog, giant and grey
b) classify and write the underlined phrases from above under the correct headings

2. Question 1

Wall of water - Visual image

crashed over the top- Sound image

Metaphor

Question 2

As pink as a carnation- Simile

Question 3.

like a giant bulldozer- Simile

snapping trees like twigs- Simile

Question 4

Like the ripples- Simile

From a stone thrown into the pond- Visual image

Question 5

Mountain of slime- Visual Image

Metaphor  

Question 6

Heart started pounding

Sound image

Metaphor

Question 7

Visual image

Metaphor

Question 8

The ice cubes clinked - Sound Image

rolled back and forth-Visual image

Metaphor

Question 9

Tears raining down her face- visual image

Metaphor

Question 10

The sea is a hungry dog- Metaphor

Visual image

Explanation:

In Literature, Imagery is a literary term in which writers uses language and descriptions to appeal to our 5 senses (smell, touch,sight, taste hearing, etc.).  It is built on other literary devices like metaphor and Simile. There are 7 types of imagery, they include, visual,  olfactory, tactile, gustatory, auditory, kinesthetic and organic.

A Simile being a literary devices that uses "like" and "as" to make a direct comparison between two different ideas or things.

A Metaphor is a literary device that uses direct comparison between two different things, without the use of "like" or "as."

the correct answer is

1. lived in castle in naples

2.educated in monastery

3.received a doctorine in theology

4.taught in paris

5. studied in dominican monastery

i'm pretty sure you can use the word uproar