Simile_4_4

4th period Group 4- Simile SIMILESS!!! BY Zimarya R.  A Simile is a comparison of two things that are not alike in most ways and it shows how they can be similar in an important way Unlike Metaphors, A Similie is a comparison of two unlike things using "like" or "as". Similies are used to draw attention to similarities to things that seem completely different. Authors use similes to make writing more interesting.  Similes usually compare two nouns

  __EXAMPLES__ Sweet AS Mountain Honey LIKE  an Ancient Fear Turned to Dirt and left to Crumble Drifting LIKE  Clouds The Sky is Black AS  Ink AS  Graceful as the Morning Mist Shifting LIKE <span style="color: #229128; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> the sands of the desert AS Lazy <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">AS <span style="color: #229128; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> the Tropical Sun

<span style="color: #229128; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> An emerald is as green as grass, A ruby red as blood; A sapphire shines as blue as heaven; A flint lies in the mud. A diamond is a brilliant stone, To catch the world's desire; An opal holds a fiery spark; But a flint holds a fire. Christina Rossetti //1830-1894//  POEM

A Birthday
by Christina Rossetti My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a water'd shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thickset fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon sea; My heart is gladder than all these Because my love is come to me. Raise me a dais of silk and down; Hang it with vair and purple dyes; Carve it in doves and pomegranates, And peacocks with a hundred eyes; Work it in gold and silver grapes, In leaves and silver fleurs-de-lys; Because the birthday of my life Is come, my love is come to me.

<span style="color: #229128; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> LINKS This is a video that tells what a simile is and some examples [] This is a website that has examples of power points for all ages about similes [] This is a website that has a crossword puzzle about Similes []

http://www.english-online.org.uk/games/crossword.htm