Similes - medium Flashcards
Alice in Wonderland
“All I know is something comes at me like…”
a jack-in-the-box
Island of the Blue Dolphins
“I remember the day the Aleut ship came to our island. At first it seemed like…”
a small shell afloat on the sea
Call it Courage
“The lagoon was untroubled as a _____________. Upon its black face the stars lay tracks of fire.”
mirror
Old Yeller
“One time he brought home a horned toad that got so mad he swelled out round and flat as…”
a Mexican tortilla
Gone with the Wind
“the sun so bright on his blond hair that it seemed like…”
a cap of shining sliver
Paddle to the Sea
“From Lake Superior northward the evergreen trees wore…”
hoods and coats of white
Anne of Green Gables
“In the stainless southwest sky, a great crystal while star was shining like…”
a lamp of guidance
Alice in Wonderland
“It was opened by another footman in the livery, with a round face, and large eyes like…”
a frog
The Trumpet of the Swan
“The mist rises slowly like…”
steam from a kettle
Cricket in Times Square
“Circles of silence moved through the crowd like…”
ripples in a pond
Johnny Tremain
“The music, small as ____________ filled that silence.”
the chirping of a cricket
Rascal
“Porcuprines can’t throw their quills. These barbed harpoons, however, … stay in the flesh of enemies like…”
fishhooks
The Big Wave
“The ground was covered with deep green moss…Everyday gardeners swept the moss with bamboo brooms until it was like…”
a velvet carpet
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“His boot toes were turned shraply up, like…”
sleigh runners
Marlfox
“Her voice was the of a true Marlfox, sweet as honey and deadly as…”
an adder’s bite (a venomous viper)
