Simile

What is a simile?

• A text using like or as.

• The author's point of view.

• The what a story is about

• The main charecters problem or hardship

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Is this a simile?

"You must be swift as a coursing river!"

• Yes

• No

is this a simile?

"That bird is as big as a mountain!

• Yes

• No

Is this a simile?

That man is a bear.

• Yes

• No

Turn this into a simile.

The bird is big __ a mountain!

( Only put in the underlined word.

not capitalized. )

What is a example of a simile?

• I'm as hungry as a hippo!

• That crab is smaller then a ant.

• its like the ice is as strong as steel!

• "hello there!"

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which phrase is NOT a simile?

• its like the sun has disappeared!

• The shiny new bicycle was like a new toy.

• He acts like a bull in a china shop!

• A picture is worth a million words.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Is this a simile?

This coat is soft like a cat's hair!

• Yes

• No

Fill in the blank with the correct word

An ogre is _____ an onion

Pick the Similes

• as busy as a bee

• that is funny

• love is an open door