新课标高三英语高考二轮复习：《模块十第4单元同步检测题参考答案讲解+Grammar and usage》(课件)

Simile: What is a simile? What words are used in similes? How to make a simile effective?A simile is a comparison of two different objects that are not usually thought to be similar.as and like.Readers must be familiar with the objects being compared. figurative languageAnalyse the following similes:using as:Similarly, many ordinary jobs may look dull, but they are essential as water to our sciety.By comparing these jobs to water, the importance of these jobs is emphasized and made more obvious. using like:He loved camping, and his job was like a holiday for him.Here the job is compared to holiday to express the person really enjoys his work and finds it relaxing. metaphorWhat is a metaphor?Metaphor is when you use two nouns and compare or contrast them to one another. Unlike simile, you dont use like or as in the comparison. A is B.As a business person, you cant be a mouse. You have to be a tiger.Metaphors:You cant be a timid person. You should be a brave person.For lawyers, a courtroom is a battlefield.A lawyer is compared to a fighter. He must fight to win cases here.Going to work everyday became a chore for him, and he could hardly wait to find a new and exciting job.Work is compared to a chore. This work is boring and the speaker is tired of it.A. Yang Min found an interesting poem on the internet about qualifications for different jobs. Read the poem and underline the similes and metaphors in it.If you want to beIf you want to be a spy like James Bond 007, you need to be as cool as a cucumber and as sly as a fox.and you need cast iron nerves.similesimileIf you want to be a model, you need to be as tall as a tree and eat like a bird.If you want to be an actor,similesimileAnd a martial arts expert like Jackie Chan,you can not be a weed.If you want to be successful like Bill Gates,you need to have a mind like a computerand be as sharp as a spear in business.similemetaphorsimilesimilesimileIf you want to be a magician like David Copperfield,you need to make people see that black is white and white is black.If you want to succeed in life,you need to be as hungry as a lion. similemetaphorsimileB. Yang Min wants to find out the meaning of the similes and metaphors in the poem. Help her match the similes and the meta-phors with their correct meanings.Answers:1f 2-j 3g 4I 5c 6b 7e 8d 9a 10-h