Similes
After a long night of trick or treating, Carolyn slept like a log.
What is the simile?
What is slept like a log.
Bookworm
A: Someone who hates books
B: A worm that eats books
C: Someone who loves to read
What is C: Someone who loves to read
Tick tock
What is a clock
My brother was so tired, he decided to hit the hay.
What does it mean?
What is go to sleep.
Lilly broke her foot and was as slow as a snail.
What is it comparing?
What is Lilly to a snail.
When Brandon’s little brother stepped on his cape and ripped it, Brandon was as angry as a hornet.
What is the simile?
What is angry as a hornet.
Crack a book
A: To open a book to study
B: To damage a book
C: A very old book
What is A: to open a book to study
Meow
What is a cat.
Give me a hand
What is to help me
What does a cow sound like?
What is Moo
Despite eating an entire bag of Halloween candy, Mary was still as thin as a rail.
What is the simile?
What is as thin as a rail.
To pass with flying colors
A: To pass a pilot's exam
B: To know all of your colors
C: To get a high test score
What is C: to get a high test score
Ring ring
What does it mean if the test was a piece of cake?
What is it was easy
Ms. Hale is like a bear in the morning.
What is being compared?
What is Ms. Hale to a bear.
As Jake unwrapped the Laffy Taffy, he ran his fingers along the candy, which was as smooth as glass.
What is the simile?
What is as smooth as glass.
Hit the books
A: To be angry
B: To study hard
C: To visit the library
What is B: To study hard
Buzz
What is a bee
What does break a leg mean?
What is good luck
Copycat
The partygoers couldn’t believe how adorable the twins were. They were as cute as kittens!
What is the simile?
What is as cute as kittens.
Old School
A: An older student
B: School from long ago
C: Someone who likes old fashioned ideas better than new ones
What is C: Someone who likes old fashioned ideas better than new ones
What sound does a train make?
Hold your horses
What is wait, be patient
To brainstorm
What is to think of lots of ideas