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SIMILES AND METAPHORS
“THE MOST DANGEROUS
GAME”
Kailee Julio
Jorge Salce
Roland Aranda
Caleb Cervantes
Samiyija Brown
Erick Gonzalez
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WHAT ARE SIMILES AND METAPHORS?
A figure of speech
in which a word or
phrase is applied
to an object or
action to which it
is not literally
applicable.
Metaphors
Similes
A figure of speech
involving the
comparison of one
thing with another
thing of a different
kind, used to make a
description more
emphatic or vivid
EXAMPLES
• Metaphor
• Simile
• His words is a
knife cutting
deep into my
heart
• His eyes were as
golden as the
sun.
• My dog was like
a race car.
EXAMPLES FROM THE TEXT
• METAPHOR
• SIMILE
• "Who’d go up to
the devil himself
and ask him for a
light”
• The sea was as
flat as a plate
• Pg. 2
• Because it’s an
exaggeration
used to describe
glass window
• Pg.2
• Because it uses
“like” or “as”
EXAMPLE#2: LITERARY DEVICE
• Metaphor
• Simile
• “ Its rather a
mystery’’
• “But it was like
trying to see
through a
blanket”
• Because it is
describing the
concept of the
conversation as if
it was a mystery”
• Pg.1
• Because it is using
“like” or “as”
• Pg.2
EXAMPLE 3: LITERARY DEVICE
• Metaphor
• “This is a grisly
joke”
• Because he is
telling Zaroff if it
was a joke, that
he has a sick sense
of humor
• Pg. 7
• Simile
• The door opened
then– suddenly as
if it were on a
spring
• Because it is using
“like” or “as”
• Pg.4
EXAMPLE 4: LITERARY DEVICE
• Metaphor
• Simile
• “I am still a beast
at bay”
• “Its like moist
black velvet”
• Because he is
describing the
feeling he has
towards Zaroff.
• It’s a simile
because it is
using the term
like or as
WHY THE AUTHOR USED THIS LITERARY
DEVICE
• To give the
reader a better
look in1to the
story
ALL DONE!!!!!