PPT-Similes , Idioms , and Homophones

BY Kezmen and Rylee What is a simile A way of describing something by comparing it with something else Also use like and as in your simile . The City of Ember. The City of Ember . is a novel about a group of people who have been moved to an underground city to protect them from the disaster that may kill all of mankind. The people in Ember do not know they are in a special protected place. Knowledge of the outside world has been kept from them. . English. Eve . Tamela. ICC-523 . Midterm Project. This Lesson. At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:. describe what an idiom is in English;. give the meanings of at least three commonly used English language idioms.. Students have been learning about non literal language. Idioms are an example of non literal language.. They enjoyed creating this presentation. Idioms are expressions. They help our language to be descriptive and colorful. Simile. : . a comparison between two unlike things that have something in common. . A simile always uses the words . like. or . as. to make a comparison. . Examples: . It's been a hard day's night, and I've been working like a dog. - The Beatles . By: Agustin and Mattie. What is a homophone?. A homophone is  two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling.. Purpose. The purpose of using homophones in literature is to create humorous effects by using words that have two or more meanings. Poetry. Review! Poetry Terms!!. Topic?. Theme?. Imagery. ?. Onomatopoeia?. Alliteration?. Similes!!. What is a . simile. ?. A comparison of two unlike items using “like” or “as”. Similes are often used as imagery—to paint a picture in your head by comparing two things.. Idioms are expressions which have a meaning that is not obvious from the individual words.. The best way to understand an idiom is to see it in context.. Most idioms are fixed in their form and cannot be changed or varied.. A cross-dialectal perspective. Norbert . Corver. , . Jeroen. van . Craenenbroeck. , Will Harwood, . Marko . Hladnik. , Sterre Leufkens, Tanja Temmerman. NWO/FWO Project ‘G.A049.12N’. Grote . Taaldag. Online Class by. Satyadhar. Joshi. shivgan3@yahoo.com. http://www.wiziq.com/shivgan_joshi. http://www.freegregmatclass.com/. Content. List of Idioms and Phrases. Idiomatic Phrasal Verbs. Idioms with comparison. IS A PIECE OF CAKE. By John Doliński. The . origin. of . idioms. . . . . . . Idioms. . should. be . used. in . proper. . situations. .. They. . enrich. . our. speech and . increase. . The City of Ember . is a novel about a group of people who have been moved to an underground city to protect them from the disaster that may kill all of mankind. The people in Ember do not know they are in a special protected place. Knowledge of the outside world has been kept from them. . By: Jaime Morgan. What are Homophones?. . Homophones are words that . SOUND. . alike. , but have . DIFFERENT. . spellings. and . meanings. .. . Lets see some examples!!!. . 2. Homophones. The City of Ember . is a novel about a group of people who have been moved to an underground city to protect mankind from the disaster. The people in Ember do not know they are in a special protected place. Knowledge of the outside world has been kept from them. . Plain Plane. Where Wear. Whole Hole. Board Bored. Past Passed. Threw Through. Minor Miner. Fourth Forth. Whether Weather. Principle Principal. Meet Meat. Ant Aunt . Course Coarse.