COMPARISONSI MILE COMPARISON Comparison Simile compare two different

COMPARISON(SI MILE)

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 funny B. Toast feels good on my feet C. 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 blanket Energy like a full battery Heart as big as a whale Just wanting to spread his love Pattern Simile Sentence

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 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 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.