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Skin like milk, hair of silk

what are similes and metaphors?
Silly rhymes and illustrations teach children about similes and metaphors and how to use them.

Similes and metaphors

Discover how similes and metaphors can paint vivid pictures that are sure to make both reading and writing more pleasurable.

Snowboarding similes and metaphors

Katie "Crash" Carter joins sports announcer Buzz Star to cover the Ultimate Challenge snowboarding tournament and learn about similes and metaphors.

Similes and metaphors

Provides an introduction to the simile and metaphor, discussing grammar rules and word usage.
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Skin like milk, hair of silk

what are similes and metaphors?
Silly rhymes and illustrations teach children about similes and metaphors and how to use them.

How is a simile similar to a metaphor?

An engaging way to introduce young readers to parts of speech, particularly similes and metaphors. Explains the differences, and how best to use--and not use--said parts of speech. Fulfills Common Core standard for literature.
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Understanding similes

2016
Introduces young readers to the simile which is a figure of speech that compares two unlike things.

I never metaphor I didn't like

a comprehensive compilation of history's greatest analogies, metaphors, and similes
2008
Traces the history of figurative language, with more than two thousand analogies, metaphors, and similes from the English language, explaining the basis and meaning of each example.

--as one mad with wine and other similes

1991
Contains 8,000 similes from 2,000 sources ranging from "Arabian Nights" to the Bible and popular television shows.

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