A simile is saying something is like something else. A metaphor is often poetically saying something is something else. An analogy is saying something is like something else to make some sort of an explanatory point. You can use metaphors and similes when creating an analogy.

As verbs the difference between contain and contains is that contain is (lb) to hold inside while contains is (contain).

transitive verb. 1 : to keep within limits: such as. a : restrain, control could hardly contain her enthusiasm.

Words, by themselves, do not have meanings. (The ‘meanings’ of words we read in a dictionary were assigned by lexicographers. And lexicographers depend on the meanings given to these words by other humans.)

Here is an example of a metaphor: Example: The dog’s bed is a marshmallow, it looks so comfortable. In this example, the dog’s bed is referred to as a marshmallow; this is the metaphor. Now let’s figure out how these two things are similar.

A simile is a figure of speech and type of metaphor that compares two different things using the words “like” or “as.” The purpose of a simile is to help describe one thing by comparing it to another thing that is perhaps seemingly unrelated.

Step 2: Model Similes and Metaphors in Literature After reading each passage, ask your students what the words are comparing and what they mean. Poems are also a great way to introduce examples of similes and metaphors. The words are comparing his shoes tapping to rain on a tin roof and a woodpecker tapping a tree.

A simile is a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared using the words like or as.

Teachers will start to mention personification to children in Key Stage 2 (probably around Year 4 or 5). Personification is usually taught through poetry. A teacher might start by showing the children a poem such as this one: Children might be asked to give examples of personification in the poem.