What’s on the Simile poster
A definition and 5 facts worth remembering.
A comparison of two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'.
- Example: as quiet as falling snow
- Example: her voice was like gravel
- Example: he fought like a cornered animal
- How to spot it: Look for the words like or as doing comparing work.
- Effect: Keeps a small distance — it says similar, not identical.
- Look for the words like or as doing comparing work.
Naming it earns half the mark. Explaining its effect on the reader earns the other half.
Questions about the Simile poster
- What’s on the Simile poster?
- A definition and 5 facts worth remembering. A comparison of two unlike things using the words 'like' or 'as'. Example: as quiet as falling snow; Example: her voice was like gravel; Example: he fought like a cornered animal; How to spot it: Look for the words like or as doing comparing work.; Effect: Keeps a small distance — it says similar, not identical.; Look for the words like or as doing comparing work.. Naming it earns half the mark. Explaining its effect on the reader earns the other half.
- Who is the Simile poster for?
- Simile is filed under 6th Grade (ages 11–12), so it matches what that year asks a child to remember. It is equally useful to an older student revisiting literacy, and to the parent or teacher answering the question at the kitchen table.
- When should you use the Simile poster?
- Find one in tonight's reading, name it, then say what it does. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Simile belongs on the wall where that literacy work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Simile?
- Alliteration, Hyperbole and Idiom sit alongside Simile in the 6th Grade set. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.AlliterationHyperboleIdiom
- Is the Simile poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Simile downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the 6th Grade set. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Simile poster print at?
- Simile is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Simile loses nothing.Printing guide
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