christ church earthquake similes to metaphors
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Year 4-6 students used the Christchurch Earthquake as motivation to write similies and then change these into metaphorsTRANSCRIPT
Christchurch Earthquake
Changing Similes
to Metaphors…
Similes
Comparing one object to
another, often using the terms
‘like’ or ‘as’.
Metaphors
Stating one object has the
same characteristics
as another, often using the terms ‘is’, ‘are’ or was’.
Mikyla’s Simile:
Christchurch’s tumbling
Earthquake rolls violently down the road like a
roller demolishing
worn-out buildings.
Mikyla’s Metaphor:
Christchurch’s Earthquake is a violent roller tumbling down the road, demolishing worn-out buildings.
Georgia’s Simile:
Violent quakes vibrate the city like an angry
elephant stomping
through town.
Georgia’s Metaphor:
Violent quakes are angry elephants stomping
through the city.
Shannon’s Simile:
The vibrating earthquake cuts through the town like
a cheese grater slicing
cheese.
Shannon’s Metaphor:
The vibrating Earthquake is a cheese grater cutting the town in half.
Amber’s Simile:
The wobbling ground was like
a vibrating washing
machine and was impacting
on people’s lives.
Amber’s Metaphor:
The wobbling ground is a
vibrating washing machine
impacting on people’s lives.
Maegan’s Simile:
The ground rumbled like
a heart heavily beating.
Maegan’s Metaphor:
The stumbling
ground is a heart heavily
beating.
Kayla’s Simile:
The people toppled like cards in a
stack.
Kayla’s Metaphor:
The toppling
people are a stack of
cards being shuffled.
Hamish’s Simile:
The shivering earthquake quivers like
an icy morning in
winter.
Hamish’s Metaphor:
The shivering Earthquake was an icy
morning on the last day of
winter.
Hunter’s Simile:
The rumbling ground
shakes like quivering
bumps on my skin.
Hunter’s Metaphor:
The shaking rumbling ground is quivering
bumps on my
skin.
Reece’s Simile:
The rattling earthquake smashes
lonely houses like a tornado.
Reece’s Metaphor:
The rattling Earthquake is a tornado smashing lonely
houses.
Unaloto’s Simile:
Screaming Earthquake
violently body-slams
buildings like a wrestler.
Unaloto’s Metaphor:
Screaming Earthquake is
a wrestler, violently
body-slamming
buildings.
Matthew’s Simile:
The violent twister,
twists like a blender.
Matthew’s Metaphor:
The violent twister is a twisting
blender.
Mohammed’s Simile:
The falling rock is
running like screaming people into
their houses.
Mohammed’s Metaphor:
The falling rocks are
running and screaming
people, hurrying into their houses.
Jacob’s Simile:
Crackling roads strike
up and down like mad lightning.
Jacob’s Metaphor:
Crackling roads are mad
lightning striking up and down.
Dustn’s Simile:
The Earthquake
was quivering to my toes like a shaking
robot.
Dustn’s Metaphor:
The shivering
Earthquake is a shaking
robot quivering to
my toes.
Max’s Simile:
The rattling roof is like a rattle snake
sliding across the
land.
Max’s Metaphor:
The rattling roof is a
rattle snake sliding
across the
land.
Campbell’s Simile:
Christchurch was like an angry boy
that doesn’t get his
chocolate.
Campbell’s Metaphor:
Christchurch was an
angry boy that didn’t get his
chocolate.
Kyle’s Simile:
The ground wobbled like just
made jelly.
Kyle’s Metaphor:
The wobbling
ground was just made
jelly shivering on
the earth.
Riley’s Simile:
The disturbed people
howled for help like a lost puppy in the dark forest.
Riley’s Metaphor:
The disturbed
people are howling lost puppies in
the dark forest.
Renee’s Simile:
The rumbling earthquake is as loud as an
elephant stomping in the freezing
water.
Renee’s Metaphor:
The grumbling
earthquake is a loud
elephant stomping in the freezing
water.
Joshua’s Simile:
The earthquake
was convulsing like ice in a
blender.
Joshua’s Metaphor:
The earthquake
was convulsing ice in the blender.