Instructional Video Storyboard

Here is is!

Instructional Video Storyboard/Outline
Scene One:
· Cool background layout with “Metaphors and Similes” shown in text and a voiceover talking about how this video will discuss what metaphors and similes are (as well as their similarities and differences)
Scene Two:
· A picture showing a woman’s face on one side and a rose on the other with a voiceover saying that a metaphor is a device of figurative language that authors and poets use to compare two unlike things using “is” or “are” (or their past tenses)
o i.e. (to a woman): “Your face is a rose, beautiful, red, and sweet-smelling.”
Scene Three:
· A picture showing the moon on one side and a lamp on the other with a voiceover saying that a metaphor comparing the two pictures could be “the moon was a lamp glowing over the entire world and bathing us in its light.”
Scene Four:
· A picture showing rain on one side and tears on the other with a voiceover saying that a simile is a device of figurative language that authors and poets use to compare two things using “like” or “as”
o i.e. “The rain falling down outside my window was like the tears streaming down my face.”
Scene Five:
· A picture showing the sun on one side and a smiley face on the other with a voiceover saying that a simile comparing the two pictures could be “your happy disposition is as the sun smiling down on everyone.”
Scene Six:
· Text saying “Metaphors versus Similes” in the background (differences and similarities)
o Metaphors says something “is” something else
o Similes say something is “like” something else
o They both make comparisons using figurative language