Simile

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Simile

• By Destiny, Emily, Frandy,
• Gabi and Jayson

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Definition

• A simile uses the words
• like or as
• to compare two
• unlikely things.

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Jaysons Example

• Young Mr. Jay Santiago ran as fast as a
  cheetah.

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Frandys Example

• Kimberlys eyes are like the shining sun when
  she smiles.

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Destinys Example

• My baby cousin, Lisa, is as cute as a brand new
  Barbie doll.

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Gabis Example

• Nina Newman is as sweet as a freshly baked
  chocolate Hershey bar.

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Emilys Example

• Lucy Larkins frown is like a rainy day.

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Examples from The Watson's Go To
Birmingham - 1963 By Christopher Paul Curtis
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1st Watsons Example

• Byron was as stuck as a fly on flypaper.
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• It was one of those days that when you
  breathed out and your breath would hang frozen in
  the air like a hunk of smoke and you could walk
  along and look exactly like a train blowing puffs
  of smoke.
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• Being in Flint, Michigan is like being in an
  igloo.
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• Kenny Watson was as dead as a donut.
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Authors use similes as a tool in their
writing to make their words come alive.
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Similes are important for comparing and
describing unlikely things.
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Similes help to paint a picture in the
readers mind.
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