Simile Lesson

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Do you remember Valley Girl talk? Like, yeah … As if … Similes help paint word pictures by comparing two objects. Like As

Similesmake me smile –especially when you talk like a ‘valley girl.’(like, as) : 

Similesmake me smile –especially when you talk like a ‘valley girl.’(like, as)

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as refreshing as a dip in a pool as pretty as a picture as flat as a pancake as light as a feather like a fish out of water like a fish in water like a ballerina dancing in the wind like a kid in a candy store Simile Samples

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This book has examples of similes in nonfiction text. Written by: David L. Harrison Illustrated by: Cheryl Nathan Published by: Boyds Mill Press, Inc.

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Some kinds of lava ooze and slide slowly. Others stream down the mountain as quickly as cars in city traffic. Hmmm… how fast do cars in city traffic go? How is this different from highway traffic? What kind of picture do YOU see?

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How do rocks get so hot they melt? What causes volcanoes? The answers lie deep beneath our feet in the four parts of the earth – the crust, the mantle, the outer core and the inner core. The crust, where we live, is covered by land and oceans. In places under the seas, the crust is only three miles deep. It may be forty-three miles thick beneath the mountains. Text from: Volcanoes: Nature’s Incredible Fireworks Written by: David L. Harrison Illustrated by: Cheryl Nathan Published by: Boyds Mill Press, Inc. Next Page

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Below the crust, the mantle stretches down 1800 miles. Rocks there melt to a gooey paste or tar called magma. The core is a huge ball more than 2100 miles to its center. It is mostly iron so hot that the outer core is liquid, but the inner core is solid. Pressure there is so great it keeps the iron from melting. The crust is not one piece like a coconut shell. It is several large pieces called plates that cover the planet like a giant jigsaw puzzle. Can you find the similes in this text? Hmmm… The author used a simile with the word not. How did this help you create a word picture?

Now it’s your turn. Read through some of your previous writing pieces. Where can you add similes to help readers paint vivid mental pictures? : 

Now it’s your turn. Read through some of your previous writing pieces. Where can you add similes to help readers paint vivid mental pictures? … as exciting as a display of fireworks on the 4th of July!

Author’s Chair : 

Author’s Chair Allow several students to share their writing with the class.