The document explains similes, which are comparisons made using 'like' or 'as,' and provides various examples such as 'as busy as a bee' and 'as flat as a pancake.' It includes meanings of some idiomatic expressions and offers a simile bank for practice activities. The document serves as a resource for understanding and using similes effectively.

1. Similes make comparisons using “like” or “as”.
Watch it like a hawk.
Her face is as red as a tomato.
I’m as free as a bird.
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2. Meaning: Smart, Clever, Cunning
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3. She’s like a bull in a china shop!
Meaning: She’s very clumsy.
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4. I’m as sick as a dog.
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5. Congrats!
The cake is as hard as a rock.
Meaning: The cake is stale, stiff, solid or very
hard.
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Watch it like a hawk.

7. I’m as busy as a bee.
HONEY
HONEY
HONEY
HONEY
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8. I feel as free as a bird.
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9. Her face is as red as a tomato.
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10. My tire is as flat as a pancake.
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11. Review: A simile compares two
different kinds of things
using the words “like” or
“as.”
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12. Fill in the blanks with similes.
Simile Bank:
as flat as a pancake as red as a tomato as sly as a fox
watch it like a hawk like a bull in a china shop
1. To protect the ring, she was
asked to __________________
_________________________.
2. She broke so many things, she
was ______________________
_________________________.
3. His bike tire was ____________
________________________
________________________.
4 He was __________________
when he tricked his brother into
giving him the movie tickets.
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