Teaching Resource

Similes Poster

In English Language Arts and Reading Figurative Language Genre-specific characteristics, structures, and purposes Reading

PDF | 1 page|Grades: 4 - 6

A poster providing a definition and examples of similies.

Use this poster when teaching figurative language to your students.

Print out the poster and hang it in an area of your classroom that is visible to all students as a reference throughout your poetry unit.

You might also be interested in the figurative language poster pack:

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Figurative Language Poster Pack
A poster pack containing 8 different types of figurative language.

8 pages 2 - 6

Common Core

Common Core Curriculum alignment

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.5.A
Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors (e.g., as pretty as a picture) in context.
In Grade 4 English Language Arts Standards Language Vocabulary Acquisition and Use CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.5
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5.A
Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context.
In Grade 5 English Language Arts Standards Language Vocabulary Acquisition and Use CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5.A
Interpret figures of speech (e.g., personification) in context.
In Grade 6 English Language Arts Standards Language Vocabulary Acquisition and Use CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5

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