Similes, pronounced 'si-mi-lees', are comparisons that show how two things that are not alike in most ways are similar in one important way. Similes are a way to describe something. Authors use them to make their writing more interesting or entertaining. Similes use the words “as” or “like” to make the connection between the two things that are being compared. For example: "My father has a mind like a computer." The father's mind is being compared to a computer. The father can think in a powerful manner that resembles the way a computer operates, not that he is like a computer in any other way. Another example: " His face is as ugly as an old running shoe" His face is being compared to a shoe that's old and beat up. His face is being described. It's compared to an old shoe. Get the idea? O.K., we have some similes for you to read, and we want you to tell us what's being compared. You can check your own answers. Move on to page 2. Resources