SIMILES

1. SIMILES COMPARISON USING “AS” OR “LIKE” D. BRIDGES

2. A Witchy Simile Poem • Witches are ugly creatures with clothes tattered and torn, hair stiff like wire, and teeth like yellow corn. They have wrinkles in their faces as deep as dried up clay, and lips hard and cold as ice cubes in a tray.

3. What similes did you hear? …hair stiff like ______, …teeth like _______ _______. …wrinkles deep as _____ ___ _______, …lips hard and cold as ___ _____ __ __ _____. • yellow corn • dried up clay • ice cubes in a tray • wire

4. What do similes look like? • Hair stiff like wire

5. What do similes look like? Teeth yellow like corn

6. What do similes look like? Wrinkles deep as dried up clay,

7. What do similes look like? • Lips hard and cold as ice cubes in a tray.

8. NOW IT’S YOUR TURNTO MAKE SIMILES • The cat was as black as _____________. • The pumpkin is round like ___________ . • The witch was as ugly as ____________. • My candy was hard like __________. • The moon was as orange as a _________. • I was dressed as scary as a _____________.

9. NOW IT’S YOUR TURNTO MAKE SIMILES • The sky was dark like ___________. My baby sister followed me like a ___________. My candy sack was as heavy as ___________. • My teacher is as sweet as _________. • Our class is fun like ___________. • Autumn trees are as colorful as _________.

10. Awesome Job!