Similes Everywhere

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Similes Everywhere
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What is a simile?

• Similes, similes, everywhere!
• When we compare two things using the words like
  or as, it is called a simile.
• Lets look at an example.
• Marissa acts like a big baby when she doesnt
  get her way!

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When do we use a simile?

• When we picture something in our mind, a simile
  helps us understand it better!
• Similes show us the qualities of an object or
  person by comparing it to something else.
  
• Lets look at some examples.

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• Kalisha is as light on her feet as a ballet
  dancer.

• You get the picture in your mind of a dancers
  graceful movements.
• Whoever Kalisha is, you know she must be graceful!

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• His toothy grin looked like a great white shark.

• The writer wants you to know his characters
  smile was toothy, and its easy to picture when
  it is compared to a sharks smile.

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• The sunset looks like a dazzling watercolor
  painting.

• You get the picture in your mind of a beautiful
  painting with bright vivid colors.
• This sunset must be full of bright reds, yellows,
  and oranges!

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Your turn

• Try finishing these simile beginnings so
• your reader gets a vivid picture of what
• youre trying to describe.

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Hamani was as mad as _________
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• Waiting for the doctor, I was as nervous as
  ________________.

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• A mother lion protects her cub like a
  ______________.

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• REMEMBERWhen writers compare an object or person
  to something else using the words like or as, it
  is called

a simile.
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