Simile

A figure of speech comparing two unlike things but

presented by using the words “like” or “as”.

Simile

What does a Simile look like?

Hungry

Scared

Quiet

Hard

Lion

Cat

Mouse

Rock

Adjective Noun

As a

Like a

As a

Like a

Geronimo Stilton-Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye:

Pg. 67 “ The sea flowed beneath us like an emerald-green carpet.”

“The Sea isn’t an emerald green carpet. It just looks like one!!”

Pg. 48 “The waves were throwing me up and down like a Ratty Ann doll

in a clothes dryer.”

The waves weren’t actually throwing me up and down like a Ratty Ann doll in

a clothes dryer…..

But it felt like it!

Authors sometimes use similes to compare two things in an interesting way that puts a clearer image in the reader’s

head.

Hungry as a lion

Big as a house

Blind as a bat

When Geronimo Stilton is working on a story, he soaks up information like a sponge.

And he’s always as busy as a bee!

GLECS ADDRESSED

R.NT.02.04 identify and explain how authors/illustrators use literary devices including illustrations and titles to depict major story events, and comparisons including metaphors or similes to reveal characters’ thoughts and actions.

R.NT.02.05 respond to individual and multiple texts by finding evidence, discussing, illustrating, and/or writing to reflect, make connections, take a position, and/or show understanding