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Anil17 Posted 18 years ago
Hi Clive
You answered a couple of my posts earlier; many thanks for that.
I wonder whether you could please cast your eye over this response, and in my other Post, "Similies Part 2 - Adjectives
Please approve my answers to the following similies:
In the following sentences find the adverbs, and add to them fairly long similies:
Example: The soldiers charged madly at the enemy
The soldiers charged at the enemy like a bull careering at a matador
My answers are in red font.
1. The wounded soldier crawled feebly to safety. (like a sealion evading a predator)
2. The train thundered quickly through the tunnel. (like greased lightening)
3. The rain beat furiously on the roof. (like a horse’s hooves cantering on stony ground)
4. The sun blazed strongly on the sands. (like hot air on bricks)
5. The children ran merrily out of school. (cannot think of one here)
6. The oak fell heavily across the metals. (like an elephant jumping onto a car)
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FAO CLIVE - Similies Part 2 - Adverbs
Hi Clive
You answered a couple of my posts earlier; many thanks for that.
I wonder whether you could please cast your eye over this response, and in my other Post, "Similies Part 2 - Adjectives
Please approve my answers to the following similies:
In the following sentences find the adverbs, and add to them fairly long similies:
Example: The soldiers charged madly at the enemy
The soldiers charged at the enemy like a bull careering at a matador
My answers are in red font.
1. The wounded soldier crawled feebly to safety. (like a sealion evading a predator)
2. The train thundered quickly through the tunnel. (like greased lightening)
3. The rain beat furiously on the roof. (like a horse’s hooves cantering on stony ground)
4. The sun blazed strongly on the sands. (like hot air on bricks)
5. The children ran merrily out of school. (cannot think of one here)
6. The oak fell heavily across the metals. (like an elephant jumping onto a car)
Top answer
5. The children ran merrily out of school. ( like elf soldiers on furlough )
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- The children ran merrily out of school.
- ( like elf soldiers on furlough )
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5. The children ran merrily out of school. (like elf soldiers on furlough)
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Hi,
2. The train thundered quickly through the tunnel. (like greased lightening)
It seems to me that the primary emphasis here is on noise and the secondary on speed. You haven't included the element of noise.
Perhaps
2. The train thundered quickly through the tunnel. (lik
2. The train thundered quickly through the tunnel. (like greased lightening)
It seems to me that the primary emphasis here is on noise and the secondary on speed. You haven't included the element of noise.
Perhaps
2. The train thundered quickly through the tunnel. (lik
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Some more thoughts:
1. That's an interesting image; especially as sealions are often the prey of sharks, etc.
2. Likening thunder to lightning may be awkward.
3. Perhaps the simile should include a suggestion of hollowness. Can you think of a non-solid surface, over which a horse's hooves might canter?
4. Likening fire (the sun) to air may not quite work
1. That's an interesting image; especially as sealions are often the prey of sharks, etc.
2. Likening thunder to lightning may be awkward.
3. Perhaps the simile should include a suggestion of hollowness. Can you think of a non-solid surface, over which a horse's hooves might canter?
4. Likening fire (the sun) to air may not quite work
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