SIMILES

My little brother is as clumsy as a bull in a china shop when he runs through my room!

Mary Ellen acts like a big baby when she doesn’t get her way.

The sunset looks like a dazzling watercolor painting.

So what’s a simile?

WHAT IS A SIMILE ANYWAY?

Similes compare things using the words…

LIKE and AS

SIMILES, SIMILES, SIMILES

AMY IS AS LIGHT ON HER FEET AS A BALLET DANCER.

You get a picture of a dancer’s graceful movements in your mind.

HIS GRIN WAS AS TOOTHY AS A GREAT WHITE SHARK’S.

It’s easy to picture a toothy smile when it’s compared to a shark’s.

SIMILES PAINT A WORD PICTURE

You could say…

“There were many bright stars in the sky.”

OR… “The stars twinkled in the sky like the wings of thousands of fairies.”

MORE WORD PICTURES…

“The concert was boring.”

OR… “The concert was as interesting as

watching paint dry.”

IT HELPS PAINT A PICTURE

“The bologna sandwich was gross.”

OR… “The bologna sandwich in the back

corner of the refrigerator was like a nightmare.”

EVEN MORE WORD PICTURES!

“The moldy potato stinks.”

OR… “The moldy potato smelled like a dead

skunk that had been rotting under the porch for weeks.”

EXAMPLES:

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He was like a It sounded like A voice like a Flew like a Swam like a Walks like a Ran like a Tasted like Eats like a Fought like