Comparison(Simile)
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Comparison(Simile)
Comparison
Comparison (Simile) – compare two different things using the words, LIKE, AS, or THAN
Example: She laughs like a hyena I am as cool as a cucumber I am smarter than a computer
What does a Simile Really Mean?
My feet are as warm as toast
Does it mean….A.My toast smells funnyB.Toast feels good on my feetC.My feet are warm
What does it really mean?
She looked as pretty as a picture
Does it mean?
A. She is very pretty
B. Artists paint pictures of her
C. She dressed like her picture
Let’s do it together
She dances like ________________ He is creative like ______________ He swims like _____________ She runs like _________________
Try it on your own
Finish the following comparisons (similes)She is smart like _________He kicks like _________The cookies she baked tasted like _________
Lets try it together
He was as brave as ________________ She is as graceful as ________________ He is as sneaky as ________________ She talks as loud as ________________
Try it on your own
Finish these comparisons (similes):
Her heart is as big as ___________His ideas were creative as _______________The sidewalk is as slippery as ___________
Lets Try it Together
He is stronger than _____________ She is prettier than ______________ He is more excited than _________________ She was more surprised than
_________________
Try it yourself
Finish these comparisons (similes):
He is louder than _____________She was grumpier than ___________He was more cheerful than ____________
Dog
Fur soft as a blanketEnergy like a full batteryHeart as big as a whaleJust wanting to spread his love
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Exaggeration (hyperbole)
Exaggeration (Hyperbole) – something that is so far-fetched it cannot be true
Example I tried a thousand times I ate a mountain of chocolate chips I slept all winter
If you didn’t know it was an Exaggeration
I ate a mountain of chocolate chips
If you didn’t know it was an exaggeration
Mile high ice-cream cone
She cried
of
It’s so cold, even the
wore
Lets try it together
I am so hungry ___________
I have a ___________ of homework
You could have knocked me over _____________
That joke is so old _________________
Try it yourself
I have to walk ______________ to school
The new toy I want is so expensive it costs ___________
I am so hungry ______________
I have told you __________ not to lie
What am i?I’m bigger than the entire earth
More powerful than the sea
Though a million, billion have tried
Not one could ever stop me.
I control each person with my hand
and hold up fleets of ships.
I can make them bend to my will
with one word from my lips.
I’m the greatest power in the world
in this entire nation.
No one should ever try to stop
a child’s imagination.
My DogHis bark breaks the sound barrierHis nose is as cold as an ice box.A wag of his tail causes hurricanesHis jumping causes falling rocks.He eats a mountain of dog foodAnd drinks a water fall dry.But though he breaks the bankHe’s the apple of my eye.