Christchurch Earthquake

Changing Similes

to Metaphors…

Similes

Comparing one object to

another, often using the terms

‘like’ or ‘as’.

Metaphors

Stating one object has the

same characteristics

as another, often using the terms ‘is’, ‘are’ or was’.

Mikyla’s Simile:

Christchurch’s tumbling

Earthquake rolls violently down the road like a

roller demolishing

worn-out buildings.

Mikyla’s Metaphor:

Christchurch’s Earthquake is a violent roller tumbling down the road, demolishing worn-out buildings.

Georgia’s Simile:

Violent quakes vibrate the city like an angry

elephant stomping

through town.

Georgia’s Metaphor:

Violent quakes are angry elephants stomping

through the city.

Shannon’s Simile:

The vibrating earthquake cuts through the town like

a cheese grater slicing

cheese.

Shannon’s Metaphor:

The vibrating Earthquake is a cheese grater cutting the town in half.

Amber’s Simile:

The wobbling ground was like

a vibrating washing

machine and was impacting

on people’s lives.

Amber’s Metaphor:

The wobbling ground is a

vibrating washing machine

impacting on people’s lives.

Maegan’s Simile:

The ground rumbled like

a heart heavily beating.

Maegan’s Metaphor:

The stumbling

ground is a heart heavily

beating.

Kayla’s Simile:

The people toppled like cards in a

stack.

Kayla’s Metaphor:

The toppling

people are a stack of

cards being shuffled.

Hamish’s Simile:

The shivering earthquake quivers like

an icy morning in

winter.

Hamish’s Metaphor:

The shivering Earthquake was an icy

morning on the last day of

winter.

Hunter’s Simile:

The rumbling ground

shakes like quivering

bumps on my skin.

Hunter’s Metaphor:

The shaking rumbling ground is quivering

bumps on my

skin.

Reece’s Simile:

The rattling earthquake smashes

lonely houses like a tornado.

Reece’s Metaphor:

The rattling Earthquake is a tornado smashing lonely

houses.

Unaloto’s Simile:

Screaming Earthquake

violently body-slams

buildings like a wrestler.

Unaloto’s Metaphor:

Screaming Earthquake is

a wrestler, violently

body-slamming

buildings.

Matthew’s Simile:

The violent twister,

twists like a blender.

Matthew’s Metaphor:

The violent twister is a twisting

blender.

Mohammed’s Simile:

The falling rock is

running like screaming people into

their houses.

Mohammed’s Metaphor:

The falling rocks are

running and screaming

people, hurrying into their houses.

Jacob’s Simile:

Crackling roads strike

up and down like mad lightning.

Jacob’s Metaphor:

Crackling roads are mad

lightning striking up and down.

Dustn’s Simile:

The Earthquake

was quivering to my toes like a shaking

robot.

Dustn’s Metaphor:

The shivering

Earthquake is a shaking

robot quivering to

my toes.

Max’s Simile:

The rattling roof is like a rattle snake

sliding across the

land.

Max’s Metaphor:

The rattling roof is a

rattle snake sliding

across the

land.

Campbell’s Simile:

Christchurch was like an angry boy

that doesn’t get his

chocolate.

Campbell’s Metaphor:

Christchurch was an

angry boy that didn’t get his

chocolate.

Kyle’s Simile:

The ground wobbled like just

made jelly.

Kyle’s Metaphor:

The wobbling

ground was just made

jelly shivering on

the earth.

Riley’s Simile:

The disturbed people

howled for help like a lost puppy in the dark forest.

Riley’s Metaphor:

The disturbed

people are howling lost puppies in

the dark forest.

Renee’s Simile:

The rumbling earthquake is as loud as an

elephant stomping in the freezing

water.

Renee’s Metaphor:

The grumbling

earthquake is a loud

elephant stomping in the freezing

water.

Joshua’s Simile:

The earthquake

was convulsing like ice in a

blender.

Joshua’s Metaphor:

The earthquake

was convulsing ice in the blender.