SIMILE is a literary technique that writers use in order to show similarities between two different things. Writers use the words “like” or “as” to make comparisons.
In Leila Devlin’s poem, Summer Vacation, we notice that she uses the word “like” to compare one object or idea with another.
I remember summer days of
running like the wind,
and flying like a kite,
and hopping like a frog
after swimming like a fish.
We clearly see and hear the memory Leila’s summer, especially because she compares one thing with another thing of a different kind, such actions with things like kites and fish in the sea.
LEARN MORE: EXAMPLES OF SIMILES
LEARN MORE: SENSORY DETAILS WORD LIST
Visit our post Sensory: Rustic Knotty Pine to learn more about the use of sensory language.
Using Leila’s example of simile and the sensory details words list PDF. Write your own vivid poem using the words “like” and “as” in order to compare summer activities and the memories you enjoy.
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- Brainstorm ideas of things you can see, hear, touch, taste, smell.
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- Practice using the words “like” and “as”
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- Have fun drafting…
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- drafting…
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- and more drafting.
Categories: Literary Devices
Metaphor: There Is No Frigate Like A Book 
Hyperbole: Best Day of My Life! 
Personification: The Moon Followed Me Home 
Rhyme: Clerihew Poems 
Thank you!
Good Bye Summer
I remember summer days
touching sand like touching dog hair,soft.
Fireworks are like fire from the air and
the waves are like the breeze in Autumn.
Good job Mischa I like the part when you wrote I remember summer days touching sand like touching dog hair. :p
Yes, I thought that showed an image of what you wanted us to see. Very good!
I love you poems sarina 🙂 :$