Activity 51- Writing a Simile

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 Level: advanced

Skill: writing

Material needed: 2 piles of cards

Instructions: 

Put two sets of cards on the table. One set contains abstract words and the other set contains concrete words.  Ask students to pick a card from each pile and write a simile. Example: DRAMA     MONEY   “Drama is like money, the more you have it the more people you attract” “ Drama is like money, sometimes you keep it for a long time and suddenly you feel like showing the world you have got lots of it”

Suggestions of abstract words:

LOVE 

FEAR

HAPPINESS

FRIENDSHIP

HATE

COMPETENCE

DRAMA

SADNESS

PASSION

Suggestion of concrete words:

MOTHERS

A BALL

A CAR

DOGS

MONEY

SUGAR

A PHONE

A MIRROR

THE SUN

Source:  Vinicius Lemos