Skin Like Milk, Hair of Silk: What Are Similes and Metaphors?
by Brian P. Cleary , Brian Gable (Illustrator)
Lerner Publishing, 2009
Summary: A rhyming book that uses humor to show the difference between similes and metaphors. Full of examples, the pictures help the reader to imagine comparison made by the figurative language.
Lesson: The 5th graders were doing a creative writing assignment in class. After using this book to understand the writing technique, I grouped students with poetry books and asked them to find more examples.
Level: 2nd-6th
Summary: A rhyming book that uses humor to show the difference between similes and metaphors. Full of examples, the pictures help the reader to imagine comparison made by the figurative language.
Lesson: The 5th graders were doing a creative writing assignment in class. After using this book to understand the writing technique, I grouped students with poetry books and asked them to find more examples.
Level: 2nd-6th
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