1. Simile

2. SIMILE Comparing two different objects using the words like or as.
Says that two things are SIMILAR in some way
Brian, desperate to find his homework,
dug through his backpack
like a dog digging for
buried bones.
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3. SIMILE What do the following similes mean?
Life is LIKE a box of chocolates.
Jason eats LIKE a horse.
Jordan’s room looks LIKE a pigsty.

4. Simile—Check up #1 ON NOTEBOOK PAPER, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING.
Finish the following similes.
1. I eat like a __________.
2. My room looks like a/an _____________.
3. I sing like a ___________.
*** Share answers and discuss why you picked the objects that you chose. Those choices are why we use similes. They help us to understand word pictures.
Explain the following similes .
4. My life is like an open book.
5. His eyes were like saucers when he saw the
huge pile of gifts.
6. The horse ran like the wind through the valley.