Similes & Adjectives (The Twits)

• English
• Secondary Education

How would you describe the things in these pictures? (Raise your hands).

Why would want
to describe something?

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 define 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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What do you notice
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 kitten was soft like a...

The book was as exciting as...

The ... were as colourful as...

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 

Where?

How long?

With whom?   

Google Classroom.

The rest of class. Due Thursday morning.

By yourself! 

• 1. Write a simile using something that is related to carnaval.
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• 2a. Find (or write) a boring sentence in English.
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• 2b. Make your sentence more interesting: add adjectives and simile. 

1. Write a simile using something that is related to carnaval.

2a. Find (or write) a boring sentence in English.

2b. Make your sentence more interesting: add adjectives and simile. 

1. During carnaval, the crowds are as crazy as my brother's kindergarten class.

1. Write a simile using something that is related to carnaval.

2a. Find (or write) a boring sentence in English.

2b. Make your sentence more interesting: add adjectives and simile. 

1. During carnaval, the crowds are as crazy as my brother's kindergarten class.

2a. I like quesadillas.

1. Write a simile using something that is related to carnaval.

2a. Find (or write) a boring sentence in English.

2b. Make your sentence more interesting: add adjectives and simile. 

1. During carnaval, the crowds are as crazy as my brother's kindergarten class.

2a. I like quesadillas.

2b. I love ooey gooey* quesadillas. The melted cheese makes me as happy as a quokka.

*yummy delicious

Fun with Similes 

1. Write a simile using something that is related to carnaval 

2a. Find (or write) a boring sentence in English.

2b. Make your sentence more interesting: add adjectives and simile. (The most interesting wins a .... 

The assignment is in Google Classroom.

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}