A simile is a way of comparing two things that have something in common.
A simile uses the word as or like.
Look at the examples:
The sky was as black as coal.
I am as happy as a bear with honey.
The wind howled like a wolf.
1-Complete the chart with your own ideas:
as wet as as poor as as blind as as white as
as strong as as free as as deaf as as easy as
as slow as as light as as dead as as bad as
as proud as as warm as as fierce as as round as
2-Try this, complete the text with the appropriate similes:
Example: Michigan is shaped like a mitten.
I will run ___________________________to get to the new playground in
town. There are many things to do there.
I will have to be as quick___________________ if I am going to try out
everything today.
First I want to swing____________________from the top of the jungle gym.
It is as tall______________________! Next, I will climb________
___________to the top of the slide. The slide is as shiny ____________
_______________. I will slide down______________________.Then I will
run to the swings and swing as high_______________________.
After all that, I will probably be tired enough to sleep_______________.
3-Why don’t you create your own similes now?
Answers:
1-
as wet as fish as poor as a rat as blind as a bat as white as snow
as strong as a horse as free as the air as deaf as a post as easy as ABC
as slow as a tortoise as light as a feather as dead as a stone as bad as a witch
as proud as a peacock as warm as a toast as fierce as a tiger as round as a ball
2-
I will run like a deer to get to the new playground in town. There are many things to do there
.
I will have to be as quick as a jet if I am going to try out everything today.
First I want to swing like Tarzan from the top of the jungle gym. It is as tall as a
mountain/as a tree! Next, I will climb like a monkey to the top of the slide. The slide is as
shiny as a piece of polished silver. I will slide down like a [Link] I will run to the swings
and swing as high as the stars in the sky.
After all that, I will probably be tired enough to sleep like a baby.
3- Answers will vary.
