SIMILES

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SIMILES

• A COMPARISON, OR WORD PICTURE, USING THE WORD
  LIKE OR AS.

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A simile poem

• The witch is an ugly creature
• Her clothesare tattered and torn.
• She has hair as stiff as wire.
• And teeth as black as liquorice.
• Her face has wrinkles like cracks in mountains.
• Her lips are cold as stone.

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About simile poem

• Some similes
• stiff as wire
• black as liquorice
• wrinkles like cracks
• cold as stone

• Stiff as wire
• What do we associate with wire?
• What is being said about the witches hair?
• Do you think it is a good simile?

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What we associate with wire

• Spikey
• hard
• barbed
• electric
• bendy
• flexible
• colours

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Simile practiceComplete the following similes
using the words from the box

• 1. He laughs like a
• 2. He waddled like a
• 3 She was as gentle as a
• 4. Shes as wise as an
• 5. Hes as strong as an
• 6. She was happy as a

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Choose words from ones below
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Complete this poem.

• A head like a ,
• A neck like a
• Anose like a
• A mouth like a
• A body