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You know what?
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I'm as excited as a dog fetching a ball, okay?
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In the water, alright?
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Because we are going to learn about similes and metaphors in this video.
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Similes and metaphors.
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Similes and metaphors are creative ways to make comparisons.
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Doesn't that sound cool?
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By the end of this video, you'll know similes and metaphors so well, you'll be able to make some yourself.
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So let's hop to it!
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Haha!
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Starting with similes.
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Similes!
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First, what are similes?
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Hmm...
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What are similes?
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Well, similes are actually a way of comparing things.
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We compare things all of the time.
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Look at this comparison.
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The baby slept like a kitten.
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The baby slept like a kitten.
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We're comparing the baby to a kitten.
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The baby is sleeping sweetly just like kittens do.
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Now look at this comparison.
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They were as quiet as mice.
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They were as quiet as mice.
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We're comparing these two people to mice because just like mice, they were super quiet.
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Okay, let's look at both of these comparisons again.
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The baby slept like a kitten.
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They were as quiet as mice.
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Want to know something interesting about these comparisons?
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They are similes.
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That's right, they are similes.
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That's because similes are comparisons that use the words like or as.
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Look at this sentence.
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Learning is as easy as pie.
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Wow, learning is being compared to having pie.
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Easy as pie is a very common simile that means easy.
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Just like it's easy to eat pie in this sentence, learning is as easy as pie.
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It's easy to learn.
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Learning is as easy as pie this is a simile
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because it is a comparison using the word as similes are a way of comparing things using the words like or as
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look at this simile the strawberries are red like roses the strawberries are red like roses we know
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that this is a simile because it is a comparison
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and notice the word like the word like means
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if it's a comparison that it is a simile the strawberries are being compared to roses
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and what do the strawberries have in common with the roses
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yeah they're both red the strawberries are red like roses this is is a simile.
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Similes are easy to spot.
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A simile is a comparison and you're looking for one of two words.
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You're hunting for the word like or as.
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If the comparison uses either of these words, you know it's a simile.
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And what's cool is, now you can use the word like or the word as,
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in your comparisons to make your very own similes.
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Isn't that awesome?
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Hey, great job learning about similes!
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That was super cool!
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Similes are so fun, right?
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Well, there's another kind of comparison that's a lot like similes that we're gonna learn about next, but they have a little twist.
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Next, we're learning about something called metaphors.
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Metaphors.
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Just like similes, metaphors are a kind of comparison.
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You know how similes compare using the words like or as?
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Well, metaphors are unique because they compare things without using the words like or as.
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And we're gonna look at some examples.
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At first, they're going to look a little bit weird, but then you'll get the hang of it and you'll see how fun they are to use.
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Here's an example.
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Ben was a cheetah at the race today.
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Ben was a cheetah at the race today.
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We are comparing in this sentence Ben to a cheetah
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because he went so fast and cheetahs are the fastest land animals in the world.
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So we're comparing Ben to a cheetah.
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It's a metaphor because we're making this comparison without using the words like or as.
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Metaphors can sound silly.
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That's because in our example, Ben is not really a cheetah, even though we said Ben was a cheetah at the race today.
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It's a way of comparing that makes it sound like there's no difference between them at all.
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Let's look at our metaphor again.
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Ben was a cheetah at the race today is a metaphor.
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It's comparing Ben to the cheetah and it's not using the words like or as.
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Okay, let's pretend we did use the word like or as.
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What if our example was, Ben was like a cheetah at the race today.
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That makes it a different type of comparison called a simile.
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A simile.
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A simile is different than a metaphor because a simile makes a comparison using the words like or as.
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Remember, metaphors are comparisons that do not use like or as.
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Metaphors.
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Metaphors are comparisons that do not use like or as.
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Look at this example.
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The snow was a white blanket on the ground.
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The snow was a white blanket on the ground.
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In this metaphor, we are comparing the snow to a blanket.
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Notice you don't see the word like or as.
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This is definitely a metaphor because it's a comparison that is not using the word like or as.
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Let's think back to our examples.
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The first one, Ben, is compared to a cheetah and he is called a cheetah.
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The comparison doesn't use the word like or as, so that was a metaphor, a metaphor speaking to how fast Ben was running.
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In our second example, the snow was compared to a blanket.
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The metaphor said that the snow was a blanket on the ground.
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That's a comparison that is not using the word like or as.
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This second metaphor speaks to the appearance of the snow on the ground.
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Metaphors.
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A metaphor is a comparison that does not use the words like or as.
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Look at this example.
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The stars are jewels in the sky.
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The stars are jewels in the sky.
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It's a metaphor because it's comparing the stars to jewels without using the words like or as.
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The stars sparkle and jewels sparkle.
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The stars are jewels in the sky.
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It's a metaphor.
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Metaphors are comparisons that don't use the words like or as.
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And you know what?
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You did it!
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You learned about similes and metaphors.
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two really cool ways of Comparing things the next time you compare things
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Maybe you'll use a simile and use the words like
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or as or maybe you'll use a metaphor
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and Compare without using the words like
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or as either way It's fun to use creative language to compare things
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and Now you know what those comparisons are called Whoa,
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you made it to the end of this similes and metaphors video!
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Congrats!
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It was so cool to hang out with you!
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If you had a great time, be sure to click the red subscribe button if you haven't yet.
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Huge thanks to my patrons for making videos like this one possible, and thank you for watching!
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You're so awesome!
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It's true!
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I can't wait to see you again soon!
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Was du lernst

In diesem Video bauen wir zwei zentrale Sprechfertigkeiten auf: Zum einen lernst du, Similes (Vergleiche mit "like" oder "as") zu erkennen und zu verwenden – praktisch, um deine Sätze lebendiger zu gestalten. Zum anderen trainierst du, kreative Vergleiche selbst zu bilden, was deine Englisch-Sprache ausdrucksstärker macht. Und das Beste: Du kannst diese Fähigkeiten sofort üben – ideal fürs Shadowing, also das Nachsprechen von native Speakers!

Horch auf diese Klänge

Achte auf verbundene Sprache im Dialog. Zum Beispiel: "as excited as a dog" wird oft zu "əz ɪkˈsaɪtɪd əz ə dɒg" gesprochen – die Wörter fließen ineinander. Auch Reduktionen wie "they were" zu "they're" (in der Schnellrede) oder "it's easy" zu "its easy" (ohne deutlichen Pause) treten auf. Diese Nuancen helfen dir, native-like zu klingen und Shadowing effektiver zu gestalten.

Sag es wie ein Native

Um den Rhythmus und die Betonung des Speakers zu kopieren, folge diesen Tipps: Betone Schlüsselwörter wie "excited", "kitten" oder "quiet" – das gibt der Aussage Gewicht. Der Speaker nutzt eine lebhafte, kindgerechte Intonation mit steigenden Tönen bei Fragen ("Doesn't that sound cool?"). Probier es aus: Spreche "The baby slept like a kitten" langsam, betone "slept" und "kitten", und mache eine leichte Pause vor "like". So klingst du nicht nur verständlich, sondern auch selbstsicher. Nutze eine Shadowing-Site, um deinen Fortschritt zu tracken – übe täglich, und du wirst sehen, wie sich deine Aussprache verbessert!

Übungstipp fürs Shadowing

Wähle einen kurzen Abschnitt (z. B. "They were as quiet as mice") und sprich ihn direkt nach dem Speaker nach. Achte auf die Geschwindigkeit und die Betonung – versuche, die Pausen und Intonation exakt zu kopieren. Mit Tools wie Shadow Speak oder Shadowspeaks kannst du deine Aufnahmen vergleichen und Fehler korrigieren. Similes sind der perfekte Einstieg, um Spaß am Lernen zu haben – also los, mach's wie ein Native!

Grammatik in diesem Video

Die Strukturen, die der Sprecher am häufigsten verwendet, mit den genauen Worten aus dem Video:

StrukturIm Video
Passiv be + Partizip Perfekt – wichtig ist, was geschieht, nicht wer es tutbeing compared · is compared · was compared
Present Continuous am/is/are + -ing – etwas, das gerade jetzt oder zurzeit passiertWe're comparing · is sleeping · is being
Zukunft mit „going to“ be going to + Verb – ein Plan oder etwas, das sich abzeichnetare going to learn · gonna learn · gonna look
Zukunft mit „will“ will + Verb – eine Entscheidung, ein Versprechen oder eine Vorhersageyou'll know · you'll get · you'll use

Was ist die Shadowing-Technik?

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