Find the Simile
Away to the window I flew like a flash, tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
What is "I flew like a flash?"
The children were nestled.
What is, "the children."
Visions of sugar plums danced in their heads.
What is, "danced in their head."
Twas the night before Christmas.
What is, "before Christmas."
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow.
What is, "drawn up like a bow?"
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back.
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name.
What is, "whistled and shouted."
The children were nestled all snug in their beds.
What is, "in their beds."
His dimples how merry!
What is, "merry."
And the beard and his chin was as white as the snow.
What is "as white as the snow?"
His clothes were all tarnished.
What is, "his clothes."
I sprang from the bed.
What is, "sprang."
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back.
What is, "on his back."
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer.
He had a broad face and a round little belly, that shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly.
What is, "like a bowlful of jelly?"
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care.
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
What is, "was stirring."
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew.
What is, "up to the house-top."
His droll little mouth.
What is, "droll and little."
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
What is, "like the down of a thistle."
He sprang to his sleigh.
What is, "he."
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose.
What is, "giving a nod, he rose."
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
What is, "down the chimney," and "with a bound."
Had just settled down for a long winter's nap.
What is, "long winter's."