Name:______Class:______
Create your own epic simile: an elaborate or detailed comparison of two unalike things using “like” or “as”
1. Choose a subject:______.
Example: Odysseus
2. Brainstorm some details that describe the subject above:
Example: in the thick of slaughtered corpses, splattered with bloody filth
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3. Choose your linking word(s): (so, just as, as, like, etc.) ______.
Example: like
4. Choose another subject to compare to:
Example: a lion
a. A Weather Event:______.
b. An Animal: ______.
c. Nature (Specific):______.
d. Other: ______.
5. Brainstorm some details that describe the comparative subject above:
Example: a lion that’s devoured some ox of the field and lopes home, covered with blood, his chest streaked, both jaws glistening, dripping red – a sight to strike terror
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6. Use the words you brainstormed above to create an elaborate, detailed description of the comparison.
Example: “Odysseus [stood] in the thick of slaughtered corpses, splattered with bloody filth like a lion that’s devoured some ox of the field and lopes home, covered with blood, his chest streaked, both jaws glistening, dripping red – a sight to strike terror. So Odysseus looked now, splattered with gore, his thighs, his fighting hands…” (451-452).
Your Epic Simile (Transfer the information from numbers 1-5 to create your simile): ______
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What’s the difference?
A. “Lurching up, he lunged out with his hands toward my men and snatching two at once, rapping them on the ground he knocked them dead like pups- their brains gushed out all over, soaked the floor” (Homer 220).
B. The monster started to hurt my friends. It was scary and a difficult obstacle. It was so crazy. I was freaking out! The whole thing was terrible and messy.
A. But then – the wind fell to an instant, all glazed to a dead calm… a mysterious power hushed the heaving swells…We were just offshore” (Homer 277).
B. It got quiet and we were suddenly tempted by something. Our boat was coming in and it was this bizarre thing where we were close to an island.
A. “I found him there on the headland, sitting, still, weeping, his eyes never dry…sobs and groans and anguish” (Homer 157)
B. I found him crying there. He was really crying… crying a lot. It was so sad.