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Comparison(Simile)

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….

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Comparison(Simile)

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  1. Comparison(Simile)

  2. 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

  3. What does a Simile Really Mean? • My feet are as warm as toast Does it mean…. • My toast smells funny • Toast feels good on my feet • My feet are warm

  4. What does it really mean? • She looked as pretty as a picture Does it mean? • She is very pretty • Artists paint pictures of her • She dressed like her picture

  5. Let’s do it together • She dances like ________________ • He is creative like ______________ • He swims like _____________ • She runs like _________________

  6. Try it on your own Finish the following comparisons (similes) • She is smart like _________ • He kicks like _________ • The cookies she baked tasted like _________

  7. Lets try it together • He was as brave as ________________ • She is as graceful as ________________ • He is as sneaky as ________________ • She talks as loud as ________________

  8. 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 ___________

  9. Lets Try it Together • He is stronger than _____________ • She is prettier than ______________ • He is more excited than _________________ • She was more surprised than _________________

  10. Try it yourself Finish these comparisons (similes): • He is louder than _____________ • She was grumpier than ___________ • He was more cheerful than ____________

  11. Dog Fur soft as a blanket Energy like a full battery Heart as big as a whale Just wanting to spread his love Pattern Simile Simile Simile Sentence

  12. 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

  13. If you didn’t know it was an Exaggeration I ate a mountain of chocolate chips

  14. If you didn’t know it was an exaggeration • Mile high ice-cream cone

  15. She cried of

  16. It’s so cold, even the wore

  17. Lets try it together I am so hungry ___________ I have a ___________ of homework You could have knocked me over _____________ That joke is so old _________________

  18. 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

  19. 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.

  20. My Dog His bark breaks the sound barrier His nose is as cold as an ice box. A wag of his tail causes hurricanes His jumping causes falling rocks. He eats a mountain of dog food And drinks a water fall dry. But though he breaks the bank He’s the apple of my eye.

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