Similes and Metaphors

Similes and Metaphors

A simile is where two things are directly compared because they share a common feature. The word AS or LIKE is used to compare the two words. 

eg. The world is like a stage.

A metaphor also compares two things, but it does so more directly WITHOUT using as or like. 

eg. The world is a stage.

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Phrasal verbs: up and down

Phrasal verbs

Let´s compare up and down:

Put something up (on a wall etc.)

• I put a picture up on the wall.

Take something down (from a wall etc.)

• I didn´t like the picture, so I took it down.

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Pick something up

• There was a letter on the floor. I picked it up and looked at it.

Put something down

• I stopped writing and put down my pen. 

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Turn something up

• I can´t hear the TV. Can you turn it up a bit?

Turn something down

• The oven is too hot. Turn it down to 150 degrees.

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Stand up 

• Alan stood up and walked out of the room.

Sit down / bend down / lie down

• I bent down to tie my shoelace.

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