Similes - medium Flashcards
(35 cards)
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)
Call it Courage
“Silence gripped them, and a chill of awe touched them like…”
a cold hand
Call it Courage
“The cords that held the mast hummed like…”
plucked wires
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“In an instant the boys were rolling and tumbling in the dirt, gripped together like…”
cats
Pagoo
“He [the hermit crab] bonged about in his roomy barnacle like…”
a clapper in a bell
A Farewell to Arms
“There was fighting in the mountains and at night we could see flashes from the artillery. In the dark it was like…”
lightning
Marlfox
“The Marlfox giggled like…”
a youngster
The Big Wave
“Death is the great…”
gateway
Little Women
“All sorts of pleasant things happened about that time, for the new friendship flourished like…”
grass in spring
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
“The boy remained dismal as…”
a hearse
