What's it like?
Compare these.
Name the adjective.
Adjective or verb?
Change to metaphor.
100
A motorcycle is fast like a snake. In this simile this is what a motorcycle like.
What is a snake?
100
The bus rider is cold like the snow. In this simile these two things or people are being compared.
What is the bus rider and the snow?
100
The girl is proud like a peacock. In this simile this adjective describes the girl and the peacock.
What is proud?
100
The girl is pretty as a flower. This simile makes a comparison using this part of speech (an adjective or a verb).
What is an adjective?
100
The prince is slimy like a frog. This is how to restate the simile as a metaphor.
What is "The prince is a frog"?
200
His neighbor is fat like a pig. In this simile this is what his neighbor is like.
What is a pig?
200
The kid is bored as a rock. In this simile these two things or people are being compared.
What are the kid and a rock?
200
That clown is as silly as a goose. In this simile this adjective describes that clown and a goose.
What is silly?
200
The girl smiles like sunshine. This simile makes a comparison using this part of speech (an adjective or a verb).
What is a verb?
200
The kid is slow as a snail. This is how to restate the simile as a metaphor.
What is "The kid is a snail"?
300
The dog is ugly as a mouse. In this simile this is what the dog is as ugly as.
What is a mouse?
300
The pig is dirty like a puddle. In this simile these two things or people are being compared.
What are the pig and a puddle?
300
That clown is as scary as a nightmare. In this simile this adjective describes that clown and a nightmare.
What is scary?
300
The boat floats like a bar of soap. This simile makes a comparison using this part of speech (an adjective or a verb).
What is a verb?
300
The runner is fast as a cheetah. This is how to restate the simile as a metaphor.
What is "The runner is a cheetah"?
400
The baby is soft like a feather. In this simile this is what the feather is as soft as.
What is the baby?
400
The child is smiley like the sun. In this simile these two things or people are being compared.
What are the child and the sun?
400
This person is as scared as a bug. In this simile this adjective describes this person and a bug.
What is scared?
400
The teenager is hungry as a bear. This simile makes a comparison using this part of speech (an adjective or a verb).
What is an adjective?
400
The girl is skinny as a skeleton. This is how to restate the simile as a metaphor.
What is "The girl is a skeleton"?
500
The basketball player is tall like a building. In this simile this is what a building is as tall as.
What is the basketball player?
500
The guy is loney like the night. In this simile these two things or people are being compared.
What are the guy and the night?
500
The baby elephant is funny like a clown. In this simile this adjective describes the baby elephant and a clown.
What is funny?
500
The song is sweet as honey. This simile makes a comparison using this part of speech (an adjective or a verb).
What is an adjective?
500
The bread is hard as a rock. This is how to restate the simile as a metaphor.
What is "The bread is a rock"?
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