1. Comparing and Contrasting And Simile Review
Bridge to Terabithia
Comparing and Contrasting
And
Simile Review

2. Comparing and Contrasting
Reminder: when you compare you show the things that they share in common
Reminder: when you contrast you show the things that they have different
Can you compare and contrast the two teachers?

3. Comparing and Contrasting
Now lets practice!
Let’s compare Jess and Leslie
AND
Miss Edmunds and Mrs. Myers

4. Metaphors and Similes
If you say your brother is “like a rat” or “as sneaky as a rat,” you are making a simile.
A simile is the comparison of one thing to another unlike thing using specific words, such as
like as
resembles

5. Simile Examples: My father snored like a bear last night.
Wind whispers like a tree in the breeze.
A dream is like a river.
Mary frowned and said, “I believe that taking drugs is like playing with fire.”
Don’t tell Mother that her cookies taste like lumps of sand.

6. Similies Let’s practice!!
Skim through the book Bridge to Terabithia and see what similes you can find.
When you find one write it on the board.