Simile Reminder

A simile is a way of describing something by

comparing it to something else using ‘like’ or ‘as’.

• Her eyes are like stars and her lips are like roses.
• The car was as fast as a cheetah
 Now you try…
Finish the similes:

The night was as black as ….

The fireworks were colourful like …
The book was as exciting as…
Greece was hot like …
The doll’s face was as smooth as …
 Why?
Why do we use similes and adjectives?

When you are describing something, you are

trying to create a picture in the reader’s mind.
Similes can help you to do this.

They are most often used in STORIES and

POEMS.
 See How It Works
• The dog was big and fierce.
• Now if we add adjectives and similes…
• The black, scruffy dog was as big as a wolf
and fierce like a very angry bear.
• Isn’t that better?
• The house was beautiful.
• The ancient house was beautiful like an old
fashioned painting.
 Improve These Sentences
Where you see * put in an adjective Where
you see … put in a simile
1. The * lady had a voice like a …
2. The cat was * and * and ran like a …
3. The * prince asked the * princess to marry
him. She was as happy as a …
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The flames were _____ like _____

The fire ________ as ________ as ___________

Mom's Embrace
By Michele Meleen

My mom is like a cloud,

comfortable and strong.
I am like a raindrop
she keeps safe and sound.
When I am fully formed
she'll let me go
dropping into the world
like a raindrop to the ground.
Like Stars in the Sky
By Michele Meleen

Friends are like the stars in the sky,

always there even when you can't see them.
They shine brightly in dark times,
guiding me as the North Star does for travellers.
In daylight, they blend in,
a natural part of my every day.
Before the Storm

By Kelly Roper

The air was heavy like a wet towel that needed to be rung out,

And the thunderheads began to rumble like an angry volcano.

The wind stirred up in fury like a swarm of locusts suddenly

taking flight,

And then the heavens opened and drenched the thirsty earth.
Sadness
By Stacy Zeiger

Sadness is...
As bleak as the sky when it's cloudy and gray
As rough as the sea on a windy day
As tough as the skin on an elephant's trunk
As stinky as the smell of an angry skunk
As dark as the sky on a starless night
And it stings just as much as an animal's bite.
As as the sky when it’s

As as the sea on a

As as the skin on a

As as the smell of a

As as the sky on a

And it just as much as

 Kennings

Learning Objective:
To write a kenning about an animal.
A kenning is a way of describing something
using clues rather than just saying what it is.

Each line is two words long

(not including the ‘a’).
A heat giver
A light maker
 The word kenning comes from a Viking
phrase which means:
“A two worded phrase describing an object,
emotion, person or animal”

It is like a ‘mini riddle’ used to describe

something.
Here is an example of a kenning
about a cat:
A paw licker
A day dreamer
A milk drinker
A ball chaser
A dog hater
A mouse chaser
A stroke lover
Lets see if you can guess what
these kennings are describing

A great jumper
A water drinker
A straw eater
A strong walker
A race runner
A ball chaser
A crowd pleaser
A pitch diver
A corner taker
A goal scorer
A mate hugger
A word holder
A story teller
A best seller
A page turner
A cliff hanger
A fantasy holder
It is not as hard as it seems 
For your kennings I want you to follow this pattern:

Start each kenning with ‘A’.

Then you need to use a noun = thing, person, place

Finally you need to link the noun with a verb (doing word) and add ‘er’ on the end. This turns it
into an ‘er’ noun.

e.g.

A music player
A text sender
A people connector

What could this be?

Think about what the subject does, eats, how it moves
etc.
For example a baby – I’ve listed a few things that
remind me of a baby:

 Never quiet
 Blows raspberries
 Has a dummy
 Drinks milk
 Doesn’t want Mummy and Daddy to sleep

This becomes…………
A peace breaker
A raspberry blower
A dummy sucker
A milk drinker guzzler
A sleep depriver
Penguins
What does a penguin do?
Slides on tummy
Waddles on snow
Eats fish
Swims in sea
Doesn’t fly
Flaps wings
warms eggs
Turn this in to a Kennings …
Slides on tummy Tummy slider

Waddles on snow Snow waddler

Eats fish Fish eater

Swims in sea Sea swimmer

Doesn’t fly Non flier

Flaps wings Wing flapper

warms eggs Egg warmer