Similes

Similes are used to do what?

• ride bokes

• compare two things

• get a better grade in writing

These sentences are similes because they

• use animals

• compare two things

• have capital letters and periods

What word makes this comparison a simile?

• as

• easy

• pie

What word makes this comparison a simile?

• strawberries

• like

• red

What do the strawberries have in common with the roses?

• They are both red.

• They are both flowers.

• They are both fruits.

What are the two words that make a comparison a simile?

• llamas and as

• like and as

• like and astronaut

A comparison that uses LIKE or AS is a 

• llama

• personification

• simile