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Similes and metaphors
Pick ^J activities to do.When you finish an activity, color its number.
Draw pictures to showwhat each simile actuallymeans.
The raindrops feel likefeathers.My cereal is as soggy aspudding.The gecko's tongue moveslike a yo-yo.This cookie is as hard as arock!
Copy each sentencestarter. Add a simile tofinish each sentence.
Grace runs
The dancer spins acrossthe stage .
Jared's snake slithers
My handwriting looks
Choose five objects.Write a simile to describeeach one.
When thespeakerccrnes or\, it'sas loud as ahive 0F bees.
14} Draw pictures to showwhat each metaphoractually means.
I'm an ice cube frozen to theteam bench.
Her smile was a ray ofsunshine.
The playground can be a zoo.The rain, a. welcome Visitor,
started falling last night-
5 J List three things eachmetaphor below coulddescribe.
The is a rockconcert of color
The creeping is syrupoozing over a stack of
pancakes.
Fold a sheet of paperin half vertically. Draw aself-portrait on one side.On the other side, listsix or more similes andmetaphors that describeyou. Stand your work todisplay it.
sprints by, acheetah on the chase..
7) Complete each sentencewith a simile or ametaphor.
When I was five, I .
When I was in secondgrade, I .
When I am 14,1 will .
When I get my driver'slicense, I will drive .
Copy the adjectivesbelow. For each one,name an animal, place, orthing that has that quality.Then use each one as asimile or metaphor in asentence.
Describe a new breakfastcereal using three similesand three metaphors.Design the front panelof the cereal package.Include your similes,metaphors, and pictures.
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