I am red like a tomato! More like as
Similes
• A simile is a sentence that compares two
unlike things by using the words
like
or
as
.
I am as fast as shooting
star.
I am red like a tomato!
I am as pretty as a beautiful rainbow after a
rainy day.
Horse + shooting star = fast
I am as tall as the highest mountain peak
I am ferocious like an angry dog
My teeth are razor sharp like the blade of a knife
I am as scaly as an iguana
I am as old as dirt
Who am I?
1. Choose the subject of your riddle.
2. Create a web that lists words that describe your subject.
3. For each characteristic think of another thing that has that same quality.
4. Use like or as to compare your subject to the other object.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until your poem has five lines.
My subject will be a T-Rex! T-Rex
Tall
Ferocious
Sharp teeth
Old
Lots of scales
scales= iguana
Tall= mountain
Old= dirt
Ferocious= angry dog
Sharp teeth= knife
I am
as
tall
as
the highest mountain peak.
Or
I am as tall as the highest mountain peak
I am ferocious like an angry dog
My teeth are razor sharp like the blade of a knife
I am as scaly as an iguana
I am as old as dirt
Note to self no more bean
burritos!
Man this class is prison!
Why Omar, you
have been paying attention. You just
Huh, what metaphor? What’s a metaphor?
Silly Omar, a metaphor is when you say one thing IS
another thing, you compare them.
This class is a prison.
(remember what Omar said)So the two things are the
class and the prison. And you are saying that they are
Try these examples…
1. My grandpa was a hungry horse at
Thanksgiving dinner.
2. Coach German is a quick gazelle on the
soccer field.
3. Sean is a cute baby bunny as he scoots
across the floor.
Directions: Copy the sentences. Underline the two objects (or nouns) that are being compared. What is the author trying to say about grandpa, German, and Sean.
Means grandpa was really hungry.
Means German is quick when he plays soccer.
Ooh…ooh! And I know the difference between a simile and a metaphor. They both compare
two things. But similes will always have the words like or
as in them.
Hint # 2: (Write this one down as well) Similes and metaphors both compare two things. But, similes will always use like or as in the sentence.
Similes vs. Metaphors
Decide whether each sentence contains a simile or a metaphor. Write the word SIMILE if the sentence contains a simile. Write METAPHOR if the sentence contains a
metaphor.
1. The baby was like an octopus, grabbing at all the cans on the grocery store shelves. 2. As the teacher entered the room she muttered under her breath, "This class is like a
three-ring circus!"
3. The giant’s steps were thunder as he ran toward Jack.
4. The pillow was a cloud when I put my head upon it after a long day. 5. I feel like a limp dishrag.
6. Those girls are like two peas in a pod.
7. The fluorescent light was the sun during our test.
8. No one invites Harold to parties because he’s a wet blanket. 9. The bar of soap was a slippery eel during the dog’s bath.
10. Ted was as nervous as a cat with a long tail in a room full of rocking chairs.
11. Write your own simile: _________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________. 12. Write your own metaphor: ______________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________
The energetic sun smiled delightfully in the bright blue sky.
In this sentence the
sun is being personified. Using what you know about
word origins, does part of the word “personified” remind you
of another word you know?
That’s right! Personified sounds like and looks like the word person. So what does it mean to personify
giving human traits (qualities, feelings,
action, or characteristics) to non-living
objects.
cloud crying
1. The wind sang her mournful song through the falling leaves.
2. The microwave timer told me it was time to turn my TV dinner.
3. The video camera observed the whole scene.
4. The strawberries seemed to scream, "Eat me first!"
5. The rain kissed my cheeks as it fell.
6. The daffodils nodded their yellow heads at the walkers.
7. The snow whispered as it fell to the ground during the early morning hours.
8. The car engine coughed and sputtered when it started during the blizzard.
But what
does it all mean?
When I said the cloud is crying, I didn’t really mean that the cloud was
crying, I meant it was raining. So there are two ways to look at
that sentence. Literally and figuratively.
Figuratively: the cloud was crying
Literally: it was raining
Can you tell me the
literal meaning for each
of these sentences?
What does the author
Who you calling stupid?
Idioms…
• An idiom is a funny expression in the English
language.
• It does not literally mean what it says, but is
silly to exaggerate what the author is trying to
say.
Yesterday the wind was blowing terribly and it was raining cats and dogs!
The girls are best friends,
they’re two peas in a pod.
What do these idioms mean?
The girls are very close.
She just won the lottery, she
is as happy as a clam. She is very happy.
My mom yelled at me, “What’s wrong with you? Cat got your tongue?”
Gezhundeit
Seriously…it’s not funny
Were you there when that old guy
died?
Why Sarah… that is not very nice!
Geez, someone was last to the
trough this morning.
If you used a euphemism, this
wouldn’t be a problem.
But I don’t know what a euphemism is.
Example: Were you there when that old guy died?
Using a
euphemism that sentence would
read…
Were you there when the senior citizen passed away?
Aww that sounds much
Peter Piper picked a peck pickled peppers A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
Can you say these tongue twisters?
Betty Botter bought some butter But she said the butter’s bitter
If I put in my batter, it will make my batter bitter But a bit of better butter will make my batter better
So she bought some better butter, better than the bitter butter And she put it in her batter and her batter was not bitter
