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Similes and Metaphors
Similes and Metaphors
Sandra Cisneros writes with a lot of similes and metaphors. These are ways of comparing things. They're really common in novels, like this one, songs, and poems.
Questions about similes and metaphors are usually on the GED test.
Watch these videos to learn more about similes and metaphors.
Watch these videos to learn more about similes and metaphors.
Similes vs. Metaphors
Similes vs. Metaphors
(This person has a slight Australian accent, sorry!)
Similes
Similes
Metaphors
Metaphors
Chapter 2 of The House on Mango Street, "Hairs", uses a lot of similes:
Chapter 2 of The House on Mango Street, "Hairs", uses a lot of similes:
My Papa's hair is like a broom, all up in the air.
My Papa's hair is like a broom, all up in the air.
And Kiki, who is the youngest, has hair like fur.
And Kiki, who is the youngest, has hair like fur.
My mother’s hair, [is] like little rosettes, like little candy circles all curly and pretty...
My mother’s hair, [is] like little rosettes, like little candy circles all curly and pretty...
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