Simile

**Simile** By Anika and Patrick  A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things with the words "like" or "as". Similes and metaphors are very similar, but a simile points something out indirectly , whereas a metaphor points something out directly. For instance, a simile that compares a person with a bullet would say: "Chris was a record-setting runner as fast as a speeding bullet." But a metaphor might say something like, "When Chris ran, he was a speeding bullet racing along the track."


 * Examples of similes: **

__Mummy Slept Late and Daddy Fixed Breakfast__  By John Ciardi  ﻿ Daddy fixed the breakfast. He made us each a waffle. **It looked like gravel pudding.** It tasted something awful. “Ha, ha,” he said, “I’ll try again. This time I’ll get it right.” But what I got was in between  Bituminous and anthracite. “A little too well done? Oh well, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 23px;">I’ll have to start all over.”  <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 23px;">That time what landed on my plate  <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 23px;">**Looked like a manhole cover.**  <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 23px;">I tried to cut it with a fork:  <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 23px;">The fork gave off a spark. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 23px;">I tried a knife and twisted it <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 23px;">Into a question mark. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 23px;">I tried it with a hack-saw. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 23px;">I tried it with a torch. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 23px;">It didn’t even make a dent. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 23px;">It didn’t even scorch. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 23px;">The next time Dad gets breakfast <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 23px;">When Mummy’s sleeping late,  <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 23px;">I think I’ll skip the waffles. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; line-height: 23px;">I’d rather eat the plate.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">__Lewis Has a Trumpet__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">By Karla Kuskin media type="youtube" key="DWX2gYOi_YA" width="382" height="315" align="center"

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">__Carrot__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">By Anika <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Wearing an orange coat On top of its orange skin Wild green hair sprouting on it's head. __<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;">Rain boots __ <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;">I plunge into a muddy puddle, <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;">Like a person in the Olympics, <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;">Diving into the pool. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;">I crush the brown gooey mud under me. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;">Like a potato masher. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;">I let the raindrops fall on me. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;">As they roll down my body. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS',sans-serif;">I am a rain boot.