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© <strong>Macmillan</strong>/<strong>McGraw</strong>-<strong>Hill</strong><br />

Name<br />

When you read poetry, you often encounter poetic elements such as<br />

similes and metaphors. Similes and metaphors use language to<br />

create striking or unexpected images for the reader. These are figures<br />

of speech that compare or associate two things. Similes use like or<br />

as in the comparison. Metaphors do not use like or as.<br />

Read the poem to answer the following questions.<br />

Balloon Flight Haiku<br />

It fl oats in the air<br />

Like a bird’s loosened feather,<br />

drifting among blue.<br />

The azure ocean<br />

above our very heads<br />

is where it sails high.<br />

Unlike a feather,<br />

it is guided by someone<br />

who chooses its course.<br />

1. What similes can you fi nd in the haiku?<br />

2. What metaphors can you fi nd in the haiku?<br />

3. What comparisons are made in the haiku?<br />

<strong>Practice</strong><br />

Literary Elements:<br />

Simile and Metaphor<br />

4. Which comparison is not stated directly? How do you know the comparison<br />

is made?<br />

At Home: Write several similes and metaphors that describe<br />

a hot-air balloon fl ying in the sky.<br />

Up in the Air • Grade 5/Unit 6<br />

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