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SIMILES BY SHAKESPEARE




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SIMILES BY SHAKESPEARE
 
Match the phrases to make similes:
  • As  black as                                                                       a) ink                                     
  • As blue as                                           b) hell
  • As brown as                                        c) Mars
  • As clear as                                          d) the sea
  • As cold as                                           e) my needle
  • As cowardly as                                    f) steel
  • As dark as                                                                          g) the cradle-babe
  • As deep as                                          h) thanks
  • As easy as                                           i) a wild duck
  • As dry as                                            j) bilberry
  • As fat as                                             k) butter
  • As gentle as                                        l) hazel nuts
  • As hard as                                          m) the summer's sun
  • As invisible as                                     n) a nose on a man's face
  • As red as                                             o) snowball
  • As sharp as                                          p) dust