Explore the use of metaphors with pupils using the activities in this resource pack, allowing them to investigate the use of figurative language, in this case metaphors, to describe a city landscape.
Metaphors are often used in poetry and narratives for effect to add description and create a vivid image for the reader by describing something as something else.
Pupils can use the image cards to create metaphors to describe a city. Sentence and phrase cards containing metaphors are also included to provide modelled examples for the pupils.
What is included in this KS2 metaphor resource?
- image cards
- metaphor example cards
What is a metaphor?
A metaphor is a figure of speech where you say one thing (figuratively) is another thing.
Metaphor examples:
- The lesson was chaos.
- The new teacher is a giant.
- These computers are 100 years old.
- The staff meeting was a nightmare.
- I’m freezing!
Nation Curriculum English programme of study links
Year 3 / 4 Composition
Pupils should be taught to:
- plan their writing by discussing and recording ideas
- draft and write by composing and rehearsing sentences orally ...
Year 5/6 Composition
Pupils should be taught to:
- plan their writing by noting and developing initial ideas ...
- evaluate and edit by assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing