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English 20 Public

similes, metaphors, and multiple meaning words

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The laptops at school are dinosaurs. I think my sister used the same ones 15 years ago.

Metaphor; comparing laptops to dinosaurs; means the laptops are really old

Gladys is such a chicken. I can't believe she wouldn't go through the haunted house.

Metaphor; comparing Gladys to a chicken; means she's a scaredy baby

Identify 2 meanings of the word GUM.

Chewing gum; the gums your teeth are attached to

Identify 2 meanings of the word JAM.

Jam like music, jam that you eat, jam like to get stuck