Similes & Adjectives (The Twits)

• English
• Secondary Education

What are some adjectives you could use 

to describe these pictures?

What are some reasons
to use adjectives?

Add interest; help the reader form a picture in their mind

Add some adjectives to this sentence
to make it more interesting:

The dog ran down the road.

Learning outcomes

• can describe using adjectives
• can describe using similes
• can definite simile
• can write a simile
• can make a sentence more interesting by adding adjectives and simile

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What do these lyrics have in common?

I’m in love with the shape of you

We push and pull like a magnet do

Ed Sheeran

Just like a moth drawn to a flame

Shawn Mendes

Smooth like butter, like a criminal undercover.

BTS

Shine bright like a diamond

Rihanna

You look like a movie, you sound like a song

Adele

SIMILE

They all have examples of

A way to describe something by comparing it to something else using 'like' or 'as'. 

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Have you noticed anything
about the lyrics?

If you are really tired, you might be moving as slowly as...

1. a cheetah
2. a snail
3. molasses
4. spaghetti

If you haven't eaten all day, you might be as hungry as...

Which one of these sentences is a simile?

1. As hungry as a wolf.
2. The quick brown fox.
3. Sally was very sad.
4. The sky at night is dark.

your turn!

The book was as exciting as...

The kitten was soft like a...

The ... were colourful like...

The ... were as scary as...

To make it more interesting... 

              you can combine adjectives and similes

• The house at the end of the block looked scary.

• The *** house at the end of the block looked like ---.

         

• The old house at the end of the block looked like a haunted house straight out of a movie.

         

The *** lady had a voice like a --.

{*** = an adjective; -- = a noun}

Make this sentence more interesting using
adjectives and simile:

My friend is shy.

Fun with Similes 

1. Write a boring sentence. 
2. Make your sentence more interesting using adjectives and simile. (The most interesting wins a .... )
3. Write a simile using something that is related to autumn (leaves, weather, clothes, etc)

Can you....

• describe something using adjectives?
• describe something using a simile?
• tell someone what a simile is?

The cat was *** and *** and ran like a --.

The *** -- was as *** as a --.

What questions do you have?

The *** lady had a voice like a --.

{*** = an adjective; -- = a noun}