Renea Kruckemeyer
Read these books to find out how the authors use similes. Then use the guiding questions listed for each book to help you analyze and evaluate their use.
The last two pages of this book give ideas for objects that represent the ideas of smart, funny, scratchy, soft, and strong.
- Do you agree with all of the author's examples?
- Can you think of other objects that could represent these ideas and be used effectively in similes?
Which of the author's similes....
- is one that you have heard before?
- is the most unusual?
- is one that you don't understand?
- is one that you would change to be more effective?
- is one that you want to use in your own writing?
Choose one simile in the book. Based on that comparison, what do you imagine that person doing? How might they act? What might they say?
Were there any similes that you didn't guess correctly before turning the page?
Were there any similes that don't make sense to you?
Do you have ways to complete one of the similes that you think is better than the author's choice?
Read the author's simile starters on the last page of the book. Work with a partner to brainstorm ways to complete each one.
Are you inspired to write your own simile book? Read the author's suggestions on the last page!
Challenge: After reading this book, can you create animals (or other objects) out of heart shapes, like this illustrator did?
Challenge: After reading this book, can you describe something by using similes and writing in a rhyming pattern?
