Skin Like Milk, Hair of Silk_ What Are Similes and Metaphors
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by
Brian
illustrated
P.
by
Cleary Brian
Gable
Are you as clever as a fox? fox? Or perhaps you’re as sharp as any spike? spike? If so, this book will
Are you as clever as a fox? fox? Or perhaps you’re as sharp as any spike? spike? If so, this book will
For J imm y . .C. — B P
S im i le : n e e w t e b n o s i r a p m t o a h ac t s g n i h t e k i l n u o t w as r o e k i l s u se : r o h p a t e M g n i b i r c s e d a wa y o f y ca l l in g i t b g n i h t e m o s se l e g n i h t s om e
by Brian P. Cleary illustrations by Brian Gable
J Millbrook Press / MinneaPolis
es ar e p h r a l i s m e i S r e tw unl i s k a p e t m h o i c n t g a s . t h o
, n i s
A 4
. k l i s h a s a i r i s s o f t
h e r
e r s e a t h c a e . t s r O l ike k i n g
Just like these, all similes contain an as or like .
6
d n A
h e r e ’ s j u st o ne e x a
She’s as sharp as any spike!
m p l e :
7
S
m o o t h a s j a
z z ,
k l i m , e l i k
n i k r o s a n s a e s d e . d c r h e e k s a s s
8
m p a r e t h i n o c g s e s
l i
m i S
,
like, “My dad’s as
old as Moses.” 9
S
imiles can help you say
that someone in your class is
a
s
b
r
i
g h t
a s
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p o l i s h e d p e n n i e s
o r
s s l o w
a
a s
t h i c k m o l a s
s e s
.
11
u l i n d e s c r f p l e h e r i ’ b i y n e h g T ng s a nd ev e n p i h t l e a l c p e s , o e p ,
,
like,
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fresh as folded laundry
l i , k b d e r e y a g c m g e a s j . l l
a o r
13
y o u p a i nt p l e h y e T h p i c t u r e n a s e e u i ns i d e y o y o a
c
u r
b r a
i n —
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like, he’s clever
as a fox,
o r
h e r t
e k e a r s r a n l i
. n i r a 15
Once you learn about them,
c h a n y ge e t h y u r w r i t i ng c a n o
16
h a bits .
You’ll write one, two,
and then a few— y l p i l t i l k u e m r a l l b ’ b y
e
h t
i t s ! 17
Metaphors are similar
t o s i mi l e s, b u t y e t
18
,
they DON’T use like or as
r ’ o y m e p a t h e c
n
e
h
w
r i n g —
d o n
’ t o r g e t !
f
19
Metaphors
will often use an “is” or “has” or “are.”
As in,
m y s a u u r e
o
y
n
s
h
n
i
.
e
t h i s s
O r
i nge r i s a
s t a r !
21
He’s so sour . s o w s s ’ e e e t h S .
m s i H e m 22
o
o f g s g y . r y i
All of these are
metaphors,
just like,
his voice is froggy.
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l l i h c e n
E v
a
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o
ut o r b e c
o l , o
. n o i t a
h e a t e d c o n v e r s
A n
i c y g l a r e ,
a very warm
a frozen stare ,
ovation .
25
At times, a sense of touch
is at the root of such a phrase: i c e o v , e t
l e v
v a
a coarse reply,
. e s i a r s y p p l o t k e n f o s
e
m o s
27
So write! G e t b
u s y a s a b ee !
e r u
s
Y o u
s i
t o b lo s
so m
k r r w o
s e l i
i t h s i m met a p h d
w
n
a
o r
s —
no doubt it will be awesome! 29
So what are similes? What are metaphors?
30
Do you know?
ABoUT ThE AUThoR & ILLUSTRAToR BRIAN P. CLEARY is te autr f te best-selling Wrds Are CATegrical® series,
te Mat Is CATegrical® series, te Adventures in Memry™ series, and te Sunds Like Reading™ series. he is als te autr f Te Laug Stand: Adventures in humr, Peanut Butter and Jellyfises: A Very Silly Alpabet Bk, and tw petry bks. he lives in Cleveland, oi. BRIAN GABLE is te illustratr f several Wrds Are CATegrical ® bks, as
well as te Mat Is CATegrical® series. Mr. Gable als wrks as a plitical cartnist fr te Globe and Mail newspaper in Trnt, Canada, were e lives wit is cildren. Text cpyrigt © 2009 by Brian P. Cleary Illustratins cpyrigt © 2009 by Lerner Publising Grup, Inc. All rigts reserved. Internatinal cpyrigt secured. N part f tis bk may be reprduced, stred in a retrieval system, r transmitted in any frm r by any means—electrnic, mecanical, ptcpying, recrding, r terwise—witut te prir written permissin f Lerner Publising Grup, Inc., except fr te inclusin f brief qutatins in an acknwledged review. Millbrk Press A divisin f Lerner Publising Grup, Inc. 241 First Avenue Nrt Minneaplis, MN 55401 U.S.A. Website address: www.lernerbks.cm Library f Cngress Catalging-in-Publicatin Data Cleary, Brian P., 1959– Skin like milk, air f silk : wat are similes and metaprs? / by Brian P. Cleary ; illustrated by Brian Gable. p. cm. — (Wrds are CATegrical) ISBN: 978–0–8225–9151–1 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) 1. Simile—Juvenile literature. 2. Metapr—Juvenile literature. 3. Figures f speec—Juvenile literature. I. Gable, Brian, 1949– ill. II. Title. PE1445.F5.C54 2009 808—dc22 2008049643 Manufactured in te United States f America 1 2 3 4 5 6 – JR – 14 13 12 11 10 09 eISBN: 978-0-7613-5742-1
Brian P. Cleary is the author of ®
the Words Are CATegorical , Math Is CATegorical® , Adventures in Memory™, and Sounds Like Reading™ series. He has also written The Laugh Stand: Adventures in Humor, Peanut Butter and Jellyfishes: A Very Silly Alphabet Book, and two poetry books. Mr. Cleary lives in Cleveland, Ohio.
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