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8 Cards in this Set
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Similes |
comparing of unlike things using the words LIKE or AS |
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pg. 8 Simile - .....I looked up and saw the highway curve off, left and right, into spiral exit ramps, like rams' horns |
SIMILE because it compares the highway curve to a rams' horn using the word LIKE translation of what it is saying: the highway was curving in and out |
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Translation |
to explain what something means (example - if you only spoke English, and the person you were talking to only spoke Russian, you would need a translator (person to explain what something means) in order to talk with each other |
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pg. 9 ....same smoke billowing out. It was like a Texas football bonfire |
SIMILE - because it compares the smoke to a Texas bonfire using the word LIKE translation of what it is saying: the fire is blowing up large |
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pg. 15 Mom directed her voice at him like a laser beam |
SIMILE - because it compares her voice to a laser beam by using the word LIKE translation - she was directing her voice straight towards him |
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pg. 34 .....and I came to a dead stop, frozen like a windup toy |
SIMILE - because it compares being stoped frozen to a wind up toy by using the word LIKE translation - he stood completely still |
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pg. 49 Gino shouted like a samurai, took two quick steps, and started his powerful kick |
SIMILE - because it compares his yell to that of a samurai warrior translation - his yell is loud and powerful |
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pg. 58 I looked at Dad, sitting back on the coach next to Mom. His whole body was stiff, rigid,like he was dead. |
SIMILE - because it compares Dad's living body to a dead person's by using the word LIKE translation - he was really stiff |