Metaphor Man and Simile Girl are here to save the day! These heroes make learning your similes and metaphors as easy as pie. Sing along and learn with The Bazillions.

What are literary devices? In this video lesson, Mr. P. will answer that question, and will focus on examples of onomatopoeia, personification, simile and metaphor. At the end of the lesson, there is an exercise with key for students to...

Mr. Griot examines some common idioms and identifies similes and metaphors.

Let's first answer the question 'what is an idiom?' then we will look at the most common British idioms and phrases with meanings and examples. Timestamps and links are below!



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English ESL teachers and ESL students will love our Similes Examples Guessing Game. This is a fun guessing game with 10 popular simile examples. Firstly, students will see part of a zoomed in picture. If they can guess the simile and...

The third video in our series on poetic devices, in this video will look at how poets use similes and metaphors to create comparisons between two images.

What happens when scientific knowledge gets into the wrong hands? In The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Stevenson explores the terrible consequences following the misuse of science by an unhinged mind. In this lesson, we analyse...

This video delves into various figures of speech, focusing on symbolism, allegory, onomatopoeia, paradox, and puns. It uses engaging examples, like Shakespeare's works, to explain how symbols convey complex, abstract ideas in...

Watch this lesson today to discover how Shakespeare explores the power of language and spoken communication in Much Ado About Nothing. Unpack the witty banter between Beatrice and Benedick, the deceitful language of Don John, and...

Unpredictable personalities, delicate egos, and poor anger management are a recipe for disaster. Who can step in as a role model? In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck shows us what can happen when misunderstandings and tensions occur...

The Elements of Poetry - Figurative language, meter and rhyme, simile, and metaphor . these are a few of the many topics explored in this lively video tour through the genre of poetry. Other elements illustrated in the program include:...

In this video, the teacher explains the use of figurative language in writing, focusing on five key tools: metaphor, simile, allusion, personification, and hyperbole. Through examples and explanations, the teacher helps students...

This video will help students understand the critical role of comparative figurative language (metaphor, simile, and personification) in establishing theme in poetry.

Figurative language devices and other imagery techniques make writing more interesting.In this video, we explore six key figurative language devices—metaphors, similes, hyperbole, personification, alliteration, and onomatopoeia—and break...

This video examines figurative language in poetry such as similes, methaphors, hyperboles, personification, and symbolism.