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The Kitchen Is a Zoo

Metaphors: saying one thing is another

Lesson 2
Mild
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Chef Polpetta

A metaphor says one thing is another. No like, no as.

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Tick the metaphor

aThe sun was a gold coin.The sun was like a gold coin.metaphor
bGino is a waiter.Gino is a rocket.metaphor
cThe snow was as white as a sheet.The snow was a white sheet.metaphor
dThe class was a zoo.The class was noisy.metaphor
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Find the 3 mistakes

Welcome to our café! At lunchtime it is a beehive. Our slow tortoise is a rocket. The hot ovens are icebergs. The old lift is a cheetah.
One metaphor works. Leave that one alone.
Write the corrections here
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The Kitchen Is a Zoo

Lesson 2 · Mild · side 2

Name
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Now you write

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Word banka zooa rocketa dragona fridgesunshine
a Turn it into a metaphor: The kitchen was like a zoo.
The kitchen was
b Turn it into a metaphor: Gino was as fast as a rocket.
Gino was
c Turn it into a metaphor: The oven was as hot as a dragon.
The oven was
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Help Polpetta

Chef Polpetta

I wrote a metaphor! Polpetta is a chef. It has is in it, so it is a metaphor, no?

Tell Polpetta why it is not a metaphor, then write him a real one.
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