1. A follow-up activity for Text and slideshow © 2013 by Loreen Leedy. All rights reserved.

2. A simile is a figure of speech used to compare two different things. It usually includes the words If you are AS hungry AS a bear, what does that mean?

3. In the following slides, can you finish each simile and answer the question? It should be as easy as [See Speaker’s Notes for each slide]

4. Who sleeps like a log?

5. Who feels as fresh as a daisy?

6. Who is as fast as lightning?

7. Who is like a thief in the night?

8. Who roars like a lion?

9. Who shakes like a leaf?

10. Who is as mad as a hornet?

11. Who is as slippery as an eel?

12. What is as cold as ice?

13. What is as dark as night?

14. Who is so hard to find, it’s like looking for a needle in a haystack?

15. What shines as bright as day?

16. Who is as noisy as a herd of elephants?

17. Why was Rufus acting crazy like a fox?

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