1. Metaphors!

2. Metaphors! What is a metaphor?
Two things being compared because they share a common idea.
Example: You are my sunshine!
Meaning: The sunshine brings warmth and makes me feel good and you also bring warmth and make me feel good

3. Metaphors! Example: “Life is like a box of chocolates.”
Meaning: Life can be sweet like the taste of chocolate but it is also full of unexpected kinds of things.

4. Metaphors One warning: you do not use the word “like” with metaphors!
You are like sunshine is not a metaphor.
You are like candy is not a metaphor.

5. Metaphors! (Another example...)

6. A poem with metaphors

7. Metaphors!
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