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Pee ea ead «at a university who loves painting and Aying oirplones. Watching his youngest doughier draw inspires David to tlstrate eerie ed TABLE OF CONTENTS When a Bear Is Like a Ballerina 4 As White As Snow Like « Log Long Similes More Similes Simile Jokes My Mind's @ Sponge ‘Swim Like a Fish and Eat Like a Pig Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries How to Learn More Glossary Index 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 23 24 24When a Bear Is Like a Ballerina Once, a bear went ice-skating, The bear was graceful, He seemed to float along. His smile was sweet. That story's okay. But isn’t this next one more interesting? The bear was asi graceful as a ballerina. He seemed| to float along liKe| a butterfly. His smile was as sweet as honey. What happened? We added similes: as graceful as a ballerina like @ butterfly as sweet as honey LP mm .0fDm@. inwathley Os sweet as Similes compare two things. Those two things are different in most ways. But they are alike in one surprising or important way. Thing or Compared How both are person to ___ surprisingly alike bear ballerina Both are graceful. bear \ butterfly Both float smoothly. smile honey Both are sweet. A simile is an interesting way of describing something. It can clear things up. It can make a story funny. After all, how could a bear ever be like a butterfly? Only in a simile! ©As White As Snow Some similes use the word as. Mary had a little lamb. Its fleece was white as snow. My new blue blanket is as soft as a kitten. After the) race, Claire’s legs were as limp as noodles. @Like a Log Some similes use the word like. These similes usually answer the question “how?” How did the dog sleep? The dog slept like a log. How fast did you run? I ran like the wind. These cookies arate Pre re 0 B19 DlLong Similes A simile compares two things, but those things don’t have to be objects. They can be entire activities, and they can take many words to explain. Looking for my sistet in the mall is like looking for a needle in a haystack. I’m grounded all week. I feel like a bug trapped in a jar. People swarmed| around, the movie star like ants near a box of doughnuts. ) @ iim 7 Wi ieeeMore Similes We use similes all the time! Here are some more common similes: as cool as a cucumber as cute as a button as easy) as ABC as flat as a pancake fits like a glove as old as the hills spreads like wildfire as smooth as silk sleeps like a. ‘baby sparkles like diamonds sticks out like a sore thumb grows like weeds Pri eno. anabhlSimile Jokes Similes can make good jokes. They compare things that are very different. Q: How is a rabbit like a cornstalk? A: They both have big ears. Q: How is a baby like an old car? A: They both have a rattle. Q: How are Pancakes like a baseball team? A: They both need a good batter. Do you know any other simile jokes?soo Thing or My Mind's a Sponge person Compared to How they are alike + Places where you are safe or in charge. _ home castle Her home is her castle. That kid never stops eating. a Ss meee ll - He’s a bottomless pit! sisters | two peas in a pod “They are very close and very similar. Those sisters are two peas ina pod. My hair In each example, the colored words create a peel is q metaphor. Metaphors are like similes. They compare etl bg two different things that are alike in one important way. However, a metaphor doesn’t use like or as. In a metaphor, one thing just is something else.Swim Like a Fish and Eat Like a Pig Can you swim like a fish? Does your cousin eat like Q pig? Similes and metaphors often use animals. We usually give animals certain traits. Whales are big, and pigs are messy or greedy. Sometimes the animals really have these traits. Sometimes they are untrue or exaggerated. Whales really are big, but pigs are actually quite clean. Here are some more animals and their traits. Which ones do you think are exaggerated? @) chicken lion mule owl ox peacock weasel 4. traits in metaphors fearful, cowardly brave stubborn wise strong proud sneakyDf Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries How to Learn More AT THE LIBRARY Many songs and poems use metaphors. Some of Cleary, Brian P. Skin Like Milk, Hair of Silk: What Are Similes and Melaphors? Minneapolis, MN: Millbrook, 2009. duster, Norton. As Silly As Knees, As Busy As Bees: An Astounding Assortment of Similes. New York: HarperCollins, 1998. those metaphors have become common sayings. metaphor: You are my sunshine. = F life. Leedy, Loreen. Crazy Like a Fox: A Simile Story. New York: Holiday House, meaning You are a bright spot in my I 2008. McClarnon, Marciann. Painless Junior Grammar. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Do you know any songs or poems with metaphors Educational Series, 2007. imiles? Schoolhouse Rock: Grammar Classroom Edition. Dir. Tom Warburton. ‘orsimites* ats Interactive DVD. Walt Disney, 2007. PCa is fun! ON THE WEB Visit our home page for lots of links about grammar: childsworld. com/links NOTE TO PARENTS, TEACHERS AND LIBRARIANS: We routinely check our Web links to make sure they're safe, active sites~so encourage your readers to check them out! @ Se