What is a simile?

1. Whatis a simile? A simile is a comparison between two or more unlike objects using the words “like” or “as”

2. Video Clip on Similes Similes in Music and Movies

3. How about… My jacket is like a piece of cloth with a heater. My shirt is a bird. My dog's eyes are as kind as a rainbow.

4. Can you make these statements more interesting with a dash of simile? Katie had been working all day in the summer sun. This is Kim Su's first day at college, and she is in the middle of a chaotic morning registration session.

5. So why do we use them? Similes are ways of thinking. By playing with language a simile can make mental pictures in writing much, much more vivid…

6. Example of simile in prose We walk through volumes of the unexpressed and like snails leave behind a faint thread excreted out of ourselves. (John Updike, "The Blessed Man of Boston")

7. With Similes And without… Flint An emerald is as green as grass, A ruby red as blood; A sapphire shines as blue as heaven; A flint lies in the mud. A diamond is a brilliant stone, To catch the world's desire; An opal holds a fiery spark; But a flint holds a fire. Christina Rossetti Flint An emerald is green, A ruby is red; A sapphire shines, A flint lies in the mud. A diamond is a brilliant stone, To catch the world's desire; An opal holds a fiery spark; But a flint holds a fire. Christina Rossetti Example of similes in poetry

8. Flint An emerald is green, A ruby is red; A sapphire shines, A flint lies in the mud. A diamond is a brilliant stone, To catch the world's desire; An opal holds a fiery spark; But a flint holds a fire. Christina Rossetti Flint An emerald is as green as grass, A ruby red as blood; A sapphire shines as blue as heaven; A flint lies in the mud. A diamond is a brilliant stone, To catch the world's desire; An opal holds a fiery spark; But a flint holds a fire. Christina Rossetti See the difference?

9. What is a simile? And why are they so important????