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.