Similes

What is a simile?

• A statement that compares two things using the words “like” or “as”.

• Something that states a fact or draws a verbal picture by saying one thing is another.

• An outrageous exaggeration that emphasizes a point; can even be ridiculous or funny.

• Something that gives human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or ideas.

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What is a metaphor?

• A statement that compares two things using the words “like” or “as”.

• Something that states a fact or draws a verbal picture by saying one thing is another.

• An outrageous exaggeration that emphasizes a point; can even be ridiculous or funny.

• Something that gives human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or ideas.

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What is hyperbole?

• A statement that compares two things using the words “like” or “as”.

• Something that states a fact or draws a verbal picture by saying one thing is another.

• An outrageous exaggeration that emphasizes a point; can even be ridiculous or funny.

• Something that gives human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or ideas.

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What is personification?

• A statement that compares two things using the words “like” or “as”.

• Something that states a fact or draws a verbal picture by saying one thing is another.

• An outrageous exaggeration that emphasizes a point; can even be ridiculous or funny.

• Something that gives human characteristics to inanimate objects, animals, or ideas.

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Make some literal and inferential observations about this picture.

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Select the sentence that uses a simile to best describe what is happening in the picture.

• Coffee made the man like the Energizer Bunny.

• The man was tired as he sipped his coffee.

• He was so tired that morning he moved like a sloth.

• His eyes are like the sun.

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Write a simile about the objects or topics in the picture. Example objects and topics: Coffee, Waking Up, Reading, etc. Be creative!!!

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Select all the similes in the paragraph below:

Jackson slid out of his bed and moved like a tortoise to the kitchen. He had stayed up too late last night playing video games. He had finally tiptoed to his room, quiet as a mouse, around one o’clock in the morning. Now, his mind was fuzzy and his thinking was as clear as mud.

• moved like a tortoise

• stayed up too late last night

• quiet as a mouse

• his mind was fuzzy

• thinking was as clear as mud

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