English Lesson 6 - Simile

Activity 1

Review the following words:

fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, fairy tales, folktales, fables, myths,  rhyme, alliteration, repetition

Make a new word card with the word simile. A simile is a figure of speech in which two unlike things are compared using the words like or as.

Examples

Princess Wilhelmina was as angry as a hornet.
Sir Pentamon was coward like a first time batter at the plate.

Activity 2

Complete the following similes.

  1. The night was as clear as ________________________________________________________________________.
     
  2. Princess Wilhelmina was as pretty as _______________________________________________________________,
     
  3. Sir Filibuster was as helpless as ____________________________________________________________________.

Activity 3

Complete the following sentences.

  1. ______________________________________________________________________________________ as metal.
     
  2. _____________________________________________________________________________________ as a tack.
     

Activity 4

Read this poem by Shel Silvetstein. Highlight all the similes.

The Dragon of Grindly Grun

    I’m the Dragon of Grindly Grun,
    I breathe fire as hot as the sun.
    When a knight comes to fight
    I just toast him on sight,
    Like a hot crispy cinnamon bun.

    When I see a fair damsel go by,
    I just sigh a fiery sigh,
    And she’d baked like a ‘tater-
    I think of her later
    With a romantic tear in my eye.

    I’m the Dragon of Grindly Grun,
    But my lunches aren’t very much fun,
    For I like my damsels medium rare,
    and they always come out well done.

 

Audio Versions of The Dragon of Grindly Grun 1:01

http://www.wyckoffschools.org/eisenhower/teachers/olejarz/digitalvideo/2001/dragone.html

The Dragon of Grindly Grun