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By Rachel Greenwald
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Question 1
1.
What is a simile?
An object or animal with human characteristics
A sentence using the word 'like' or 'as'
Any comparison of two things
A comparison between two things using the words 'like' or 'as'
Question 2
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Question 3
3.
Highlight the phrase within the following sentence that is a simile.
"The shadows thrown forom her candle stretched out like fingers crawling against the floor."
Question 4
4.
Choose the best ending for the simile:
"Peter was as brave as..."
a pigeon
a lion
a zebra
a puppy
Question 5
5.
What does it mean in "You're a Mean one, Mr. Grinch" when Dr. Suess said "He's as cuddly as a cactus; He's as charming as an eel."
Question 6
6.
Write a simile that describes how tall our principal is.
Question 7
7.
Why would an author want to use similes in their writing?
Question 8
8.
Give an example of something you could compare the temperature in the room to, to indicate that it is very cold.
Identify which examples are similes. There may be more than one.
Love is an open door.
Life is like a box of chocolates.
She is as cool as a cucumber.
My brother is a clown.
I dropped my ice cream on the ground - splat!
The trees whispered in the wind.
I'm serious as a heartattack.