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Vocabulary Strategy A simile compares two unlike things using the connecting word like or as. Authors use similes to describe images or ideas that might otherwise be difficult to understand. Here is an example of a simile. The girl was like suga ri whenever her grandmother came to stay. In this simile, the girl is being compared to sugar. Why would the author want to compare the girl to sugar? See how a student used a word web to help her understand the meaning of the simile. sugar I think the author is tr1,, ing to sav- that the little girl was sweet and pleasing whenever her grandmother came to stav-. 238

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Page 1: A simile like or...Similes A simile compares two unlike things using the connecting word like or as. Authors use similes to describe images or ideas that might otherwise be difficult

Vocabulary Strategy

A simile compares two unlike things using the connecting word like or as.

Authors use similes to describe images or ideas that might otherwise be

difficult to understand.

Here is an example of a simile.

The girl was like sugari whenever her grandmother came to stay.

In this simile, the girl is being compared to sugar. Why would the author

want to compare the girl to sugar? See how a student used a word web to

help her understand the meaning of the simile.

sugar

I think the author is tr1,, ing to sav- that the little girl was sweet and pleasing

whenever her grandmother came to stav-.

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Read the simile below and then answer the questions that follow.

The surface of the water was like glass.

1. What is the author comparing to glass?

2. Write the word glass at the center of the word web below.

Then write four words or phrases you think of when you

think of glass.

3. Explain what the author is trying to describe for the reader by using

this simile.

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Similes and Metaphors - Quia · Simile or Metaphor???? •I feel like a limp dishrag. •Those girls are like two peas in a pod. •The fluorescent light was the sun during our test.

Simile or metaphor?

Simile or metaphor?

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Simile or Metaphor

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