Similes - difficult Flashcards
Marlfox
“Her world now consisted of a roaring, boiling melee, in which she was as helpless as…”
melee:a confused hand-to-hand fight or struggle among several people.
a leaf in a hurricane
To Kill a Mocking Bird
“She was horrible…the corners of her mouth glistened with wet, which inched like ____________ down the deep grooves enclosing her chin.”
a glacier
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
“She entered with ungainly struggle like…”
some awkward chicken
Old Yeller
“[The bull] had one great horn set for hooking, while the other hung down past his jaw like…”
a candle that had dropped in the heat
Pagoo
“Pagoo’s shell was tossed over the brim [of the rock on the seashore] like…”
a tiny canoe in vast Niagara Falls
I Promise
“The light from the sun broke through the mist like…”
thin streamers made of silver glitter
Little Women
“She tried to get rid of the kitten which had scrambled up her back and stuck like…”
a burr just out of reach
The Yearling
“Drops of silver slipping from the [water] wheel blurred together like…”
the tail of a shooting star
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“His hair was long and tangled and greasy, and you could see his eyes shining through like…”
he was behind vines
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
“Holmes looked at him thoughtfully like…”
a master chess player
Rascal
“On the horizon there were flashes of distant lightning and a low rumble of thunder, sounding like…”
artillery many miles away
Alice in Wonderland
“Oh, how I wish I could shut up like…”
(shut up, as in shrink)
a telescope
Anne of Green Gables
“The cake did not rise, however, and came out of the oven as light and feathery as…”
golden foam
Night
“From the depths of the mirror, ______________ was contemplating me.” [after being in a concentration camp]
a corpse
The Yearling
“The water made a sound like….”
kittens lapping
