ELA-FigLang-Simile-LNF

Sound Devices and Figurative Language - Simile - Print - Literary Nonfiction Resources

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 * //If You Hopped Like a Frog//, by David M. Schwartz. 0-590-09857-8 Combine math with similes in this fun read aloud.


 * //Snowflake Bentley,// by Jacqueline Briggs Martin. 0-395-86162-4. A picture book biography with similes such as "Snow in Vermont is as common as dirt," and "snow was as beautiful as butterflies", as the life of the story of Wilson Bentley is revealed.


 * // Sadako and the T housand Paper Cranes//, by Eleanor Coerr. 978-0-399-20520-0. ELA/Social Studies resouce - This heartbreaking, but true, story offers the opportunity to merge social studies and similes, with examples such as: "rushing like a whirlwind into the kitchen."


 * //The Talking Eggs,// by Robert San Souci. 0-329-04202-5. This Southern folktale offers many examples of similes, including: " Blanche, who was "sweet and kind and sharp as forty crickets."