They can also make up some of their own. A simile is the name of the object being described. It is known as the word like which shows the comparison. Ask the students to copy the sentences below and underline the words that describe a simile. The wind screamed throughout the house like a banshee.
Clouds float in the sky like lazy swans on a lake.
Ask the children to write sentences that contain similies and underline the words that describe a simile . A metaphor is the name of the subject being described. Ask the students to copy the sentences below and underline the words that contain a metaphor. In that picture the boy called his sweetheart a rose and himself a thorn. Sometimes a blanket of snow covers the earth.