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Simile

Simile. Simile. A figure of speech comparing two unlike things but presented by using the words “like” or “as”. What does a Simile look like?. Adjective. Noun. As a. Hungry Scared Quiet Hard. Lion Cat Mouse Rock. Like a. As a. Like a.

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Simile

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  1. Simile

  2. Simile A figure of speech comparing two unlike things but presented by using the words “like” or “as”.

  3. What does a Simile look like?

  4. Adjective Noun As a • Hungry • Scared • Quiet • Hard • Lion • Cat • Mouse • Rock Like a As a Like a

  5. Geronimo Stilton-Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye: Pg. 67 “ The sea flowed beneath us like an emerald-green carpet.”

  6. “The Sea isn’t an emerald green carpet. It just looks like one!!”

  7. Pg. 48 “The waves were throwing me up and down like a Ratty Ann doll in a clothes dryer.”

  8. The waves weren’t actually throwing me up and down like a Ratty Ann doll in a clothes dryer….. But it felt like it!

  9. Big as a house Blind as a bat Flat as a pancake Hungry as a lion Authors sometimes use similes to compare two things in an interesting way that puts a clearer image in the reader’s head.

  10. When Geronimo Stilton is working on a story, he soaks up information likea sponge.

  11. And he’s always as busy as a bee!

  12. R.NT.02.05 respond to individual and multiple texts by finding evidence, discussing, illustrating, and/or writing to reflect, make connections, take a position, and/or show understanding GLECs Addressed R.NT.02.04 identify and explain how authors/illustrators use literary devices including illustrations and titles to depict major story events, and comparisons including metaphors or similes to reveal characters’ thoughts and actions.

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