learn about ‘similes’. a simile is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things and is...
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LearnLearn about about
‘‘SimilesSimiles’’
A simile is a figure of A simile is a figure of speech comparing two speech comparing two
unlike things and is unlike things and is generally introduced by generally introduced by
“like” or “as”“like” or “as”
Some examplesSome examples:
•The water was as cold as ice
•We had to turn our heads like a lighthouse beacon
- as - as sly as sly as a foxa fox
- as - as tender tender
as a as a chickenchicken
- as slow as - as slow as a tortoisea tortoise
- as slow as a - as slow as a snailsnail
- as meek - as meek as a lambas a lamb
- as - as brave brave as a as a lionlion
- as - as proud proud as a as a
peacockpeacock
- as - as busy as busy as a beea bee
- as blind as a - as blind as a batbat
- as - as playful playful
as a as a kittenkitten
- as as red as red as
a a turkey turkey cockcock
- as fat as a pigas fat as a pig
- as strong as a horse- as strong as a horse
- as mad - as mad as a as a
March March harehare
- as as
wise as wise as an owlan owl
- as - as swift swift as a as a deerdeer
- as - as frisky frisky as a as a
lamblamb
- as fierce as a lion- as fierce as a lion
- as slippery as an eelas slippery as an eel
- as - as graceful graceful
as a as a swanswan
- as - as stubborn stubborn as a muleas a mule
- as - as hairy hairy as a as a
gorillagorilla
- as fast as a hare- as fast as a hare
- as - as brown brown
as a as a berryberry
- as - as sweet as sweet as honeyhoney
- as - as white as white as
snowsnow
- as as fresh as fresh as a daisya daisy
- as green as grass- as green as grass
- as sturdy as an oak- as sturdy as an oak
- as cold as ice- as cold as ice