Your class will find using similes as easy as pie after completing this figurative language exercise. Provided with a list of incomplete similes, young writers must use their creativity to fill in the blanks with nouns that accurately complete each descriptive comparison.

Concepts

similes, figurative language, descriptive writing, comparisons, comparing objects, figures of speech

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Extend learning by asking children to write their own similes on the back of the worksheet
• Allow early finishers the option of illustrating one of the similes from the exercise
• Encourage creativity by offering an incentive for coming up with unique similes

Pros

• Exercise includes a total of 18 similes for children to complete
• Offers brief, but clear explanation of similes at the top of the worksheet
• An answer key is included with possible student responses 

Cons

• None

Common Core

L.4.5.a L.5.5.a