Question

Read the following passage. Write the examples of simile that you find.

I had a wonderful time with my family on our camping trip to the lake. The lake was as warm as a Jacuzzi, so my brother and I swam every day. After swimming, Dad took us fishing in a rowboat and we caught five trout. We moved along the lake like a sloth, but we were happy to be together. In the evenings we would watch the stars glitter like Christmas lights.

Answer 1

• The lake was as warm as a Jacuzzi
• We moved along the lake like a sloth
• the stars glitter like Christmas lights.

Step-by-step explanation:

The simile is the figure of speech that compares one thing to another in order to add up to the imagination of the description and make it more vivid. It highlights the certain characteristics of one thing to another using the words “as” and “like”

The parts of the passage that use the simile are:

• The lake was as warm as a Jacuzzi – the author tries to underline the warmth of the water with this analogy by comparing it to the experience in the spa.
• We moved along the lake like a sloth – with this simile, the author is describing the way they moved in the both, underling that they were very slow.
• the stars glitter like Christmas lights. - author compares the stars to Christmas lines to put the accent on their brightness and shiness.