EPIC SIMILES There are two types of similes: 1. Simple similes 2. Epic – or Homeric similes Simple Similes use like or as (or so, resembles, than, compares to, etc) to compare two unlike things on ONE LEVEL. For example: He is sly as a fox. She is like a jaguar when she runs. I am hungry like a wolf. Epic Similes are…well…epic. They use like or as (or so, resembles, than, compares to, etc) to compare two unlike things on MORE THAN ONE LEVEL. For example: He is sly as a fox that got its PhD from Harvard. She is like a hungry jaguar chasing its prey when she runs. I am hungry like a wolf that has been chained to a fence for two weeks. Epic similes can get really epic: Life is like a box of Godiva chocolates dipped in gold and filled with caramel that oozes down your chin when you bite into it. Epic similes can be called HOMERIC similes after Homer – not Simpson – the guy who wrote the epic poem, The Odyssey. Your assignment: 1. Try writing epic similes. Pick 3 of the following subjects, and write an Epic (Homeric) simile them. School happiness School lunch Bullies Love Parents Fear Friends …Or pick your own topic. 2. Read a section of The Odyssey and pick out as many epic similes as you can. Start reading from page 989 line 204.

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EPIC SIMILES

There are two types of similes:1. Simple similes2. Epic – or Homeric similes

Simple Similes use like or as (or so, resembles, than, compares to, etc) to compare two unlike things on ONE LEVEL. For example:He is sly as a fox.She is like a jaguar when she runs.I am hungry like a wolf.

Epic Similes are…well…epic. They use like or as (or so, resembles, than, compares to, etc) to compare two unlike things on MORE THAN ONE LEVEL. For example:He is sly as a fox that got its PhD from Harvard.She is like a hungry jaguar chasing its prey when she runs.I am hungry like a wolf that has been chained to a fence for two weeks.Epic similes can get really epic:Life is like a box of Godiva chocolates dipped in gold and filled with caramel that oozes down your chin when you bite into it.

Epic similes can be called HOMERIC similes after Homer – not Simpson – the guy who wrote the epic poem, The Odyssey.

Your assignment:1. Try writing epic similes.Pick 3 of the following subjects, and write an Epic (Homeric) simile them.

School happinessSchool lunch BulliesLove ParentsFear Friends…Or pick your own topic.

2. Read a section of The Odyssey and pick out as many epic similes as you can. Start reading from page 989 line 204.