Please post an example of a simile from your poetry novel. Also explain, in a sentence, the two items that are being compared. Include the page number.
In Wicked girls by Stephanie Hemphill, an example of a similie is on page 55. "We crouch down by the ned and whisper like sisters ear to ear so not a sound escapes the air."
"She calls him, silver-tongued and handsome as the devil.", Three Rivers Rising by James Richard. The two things that are being compared is the him which is Peter and the devil.
"It looks like someone robbed a library and dumped all the books in huge piles." The Trial by Jen Bryant- Pg. 50 the two things being compared are uncle Jeff's living room to a library.
In After the Death of Anna Gonzales on page 13 I found a simile, it says "It was a tumor that had bloomed in his body like a weed." It is comparing the tumor in his body to a weed because weeds grow fast.
"Laughter, like a cleansing rain, pours out of me." -Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall p. 195 The two things being compared are laughter and rain.
Aunt Nancy lay in the sun too long and looked like a cooked lobster. The two things that are being compared are Aunt Nancy and a cooked lobster. This is on page 204.
Music can be like a time machine, one song, the lyrics, the melody, the mood, can take you back to a moment in time like nothing else can. Chasing Brooklyn pg 89
"To the corner and back again,again.again, like a relay race at school." is comparing a race down the end of the street over over and over again to a relay race at school. pg. 10 of Hugging the Rock by Susan Taylor Brown
"Mom, where ever she is, probably doesn't know, which isn't fair to us, or to Gramps, who always treated her like a daughter." The two things are compared are the daughter and how Gramps treated her. - Pg. 27 Kaleidoscope Eyes by Jen Bryant.
"Mom, whereever she is, probably doesn't know, which isn't fair to us, or to Gramps, who always treated her like a daughter." The 2 things that are being compared are the daughter and how gramps is treating her.
"Sophie's is beautiful like a million suns shining at once."pg53 This is comparing the beauty of his girlfriend to the intensity of a million suns.What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know.
"I recall no one, no one whose skin is as black as the coal that burns in our kitchen stove." -Page 6 of Sweetgrass Basket. This is comparing the skin of a man to coal.
"When you meet someone so different from yourself, in a good way, you don't even have to kiss to have fireworks go off. Its like fireworks in your heart all the time." Two things being compared is the emotion is different. When you kiss fireworks go off but if your so much in love it doesn't matter.
"There's a full moon tonight, drifting through the sky like a sad ghost." The items compared are the moon and a sad ghost. One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies page 55.
"I am moving to the next table when our faces meet like a movie set..." After the Kiss by Terra Elan McVoy - page 182. The two things being compared is when they look at each other and a movie set.
"I tried to tell them it was mine, but (like Cinderella's ugly sisters) when they asked for the matching one, I didn't have it." Hidden by Helen Frost page number 45. This simile is comparing how Darra didn't have a matching shoe, and how in the story Cinderella, neither did Cinderella's ugly stepsisters.
" I run run run in the air and like the air." this is a simile because Annie is comparing the way she runs with the air. Saying she is running like swiftly, using the word like. Heartbeat page 1.
"I looked up at the moon, a silvery slice hanging there like a shiny ornament on a Christmas tree." Far from You by Lisa Schroeder- page 166
ReplyDeleteIn Wicked girls by Stephanie Hemphill, an example of a similie is on page 55. "We crouch down by the ned and whisper like sisters ear to ear so not a sound escapes the air."
ReplyDeleteOn page 15. Her belly remained empty as an ancient well. This is comaring a girls empty belly and an ancient well because the well would be empty.
ReplyDelete"She calls him, silver-tongued and handsome as the devil.", Three Rivers Rising by James Richard. The two things that are being compared is the him which is Peter and the devil.
ReplyDelete"He has a quiet kind of energy - like a big old dog that's happy to eat and nap on the porch" Ringside 1925 by Jen Bryant - Pg. 45
ReplyDeleteAn example of a simile from Tricks by Ellen Hopkins is, "the kind that steals your breath away, like diving into snowmelt."
ReplyDeleteAn example of a simile from Tricks by Ellen Hopkins is "the kind that steals your breath away, like diving into a snowmelt," on page 2
ReplyDelete"It looks like someone robbed a library and dumped all the books in huge piles." The Trial by Jen Bryant- Pg. 50 the two things being compared are uncle Jeff's living room to a library.
ReplyDeleteIn After the Death of Anna Gonzales on page 13 I found a simile, it says "It was a tumor that had bloomed in his body like a weed." It is comparing the tumor in his body to a weed because weeds grow fast.
ReplyDelete"Laughter, like a cleansing rain, pours out of me." -Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall p. 195
ReplyDeleteThe two things being compared are laughter and rain.
They surround their prey like a poisonous moat.
ReplyDeleteAunt Nancy lay in the sun too long and looked like a cooked lobster. The two things that are being compared are Aunt Nancy and a cooked lobster. This is on page 204.
ReplyDeleteMusic can be like a time machine, one song, the lyrics, the melody, the mood, can take you back to a moment in time like nothing else can.
ReplyDeleteChasing Brooklyn pg 89
"To the corner and back again,again.again, like a relay race at school." is comparing a race down the end of the street over over and over again to a relay race at school. pg. 10 of Hugging the Rock by Susan Taylor Brown
ReplyDelete"Mom, where ever she is, probably doesn't know, which isn't fair to us, or to Gramps, who always treated her like a daughter." The two things are compared are the daughter and how Gramps treated her. - Pg. 27 Kaleidoscope Eyes by Jen Bryant.
ReplyDelete"Mom, whereever she is, probably doesn't know, which isn't fair to us, or to Gramps, who always treated her like a daughter." The 2 things that are being compared are the daughter and how gramps is treating her.
ReplyDelete"It seems like sister is the crazy one" page 61
ReplyDelete"Sophie's is beautiful like a million suns shining at once."pg53 This is comparing the beauty of his girlfriend to the intensity of a million suns.What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know.
ReplyDeletePage 11 in T4 by Ann Clare LeZotte " I bared my teeth and crept across the floor like a wolf." Comparing Paula's movements to those of a wolf's.
ReplyDelete"I recall no one, no one whose skin is as black as the coal that burns in our kitchen stove." -Page 6 of Sweetgrass Basket. This is comparing the skin of a man to coal.
ReplyDelete"Without their voices silence hung like the scent of manure." This is comparing silence to the scent of manure. - Running With Trains pg80
ReplyDelete" Coins echo like a slap across the face." This is an example of a simile that I found on page 146.
ReplyDelete"Love that dog like a bird loves fly"- Hate That cat Pg.130 The two things being compared is how much a loves to fly to this boys loves his dog.
ReplyDelete"i felt like a train, unstoppable" pg 65 he is comparing his skill to a train like no one can stop him.
ReplyDelete"It tasted like something lost" pg.39.Comparing something lost to the taste. 42 miles by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
ReplyDelete"When you meet someone so different from yourself, in a good way, you don't even have to kiss to have fireworks go off. Its like fireworks in your heart all the time." Two things being compared is the emotion is different. When you kiss fireworks go off but if your so much in love it doesn't matter.
ReplyDelete"There's a full moon tonight, drifting through the sky like a sad ghost." The items compared are the moon and a sad ghost. One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies page 55.
ReplyDelete"I am moving to the next table when our faces meet like a movie set..." After the Kiss by Terra Elan McVoy - page 182. The two things being compared is when they look at each other and a movie set.
ReplyDelete"The two girls she's with see me first and disappear. Like they went right up to the mother ship." Page 68
ReplyDeleteThe author is comparing the speed with which the two girls left to aliens going up to the 'mother ship'
"Yurie smiles and we laugh like sisters sort of" Orchards by Holly Thompson
ReplyDeleteloving someone is like a dogs love for its human
ReplyDelete"He looks like my father." pg.76. He and my father are being compared.
ReplyDelete"I tried to tell them it was mine, but (like Cinderella's ugly sisters) when they asked for the matching one, I didn't have it." Hidden by Helen Frost page number 45. This simile is comparing how Darra didn't have a matching shoe, and how in the story Cinderella, neither did Cinderella's ugly stepsisters.
ReplyDelete"Let the words sprout like seedlings" in this the two things being compared are the words and seedlings. Page 6 of "The Wild Book"
ReplyDelete"Her voice is soft like warm honey." the two things that are being compared is her voive and warm honey. All the Broken Pieces - Pg. 11
ReplyDelete"The pen with the black ink that flows like silk." page 41 in Shark Girl. Comparing the way the en writes( it flow)to silk. So it must flow smoothly.
ReplyDelete" I run run run in the air and like the air." this is a simile because Annie is comparing the way she runs with the air. Saying she is running like swiftly, using the word like. Heartbeat page 1.
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