Simile Openers
Simile Openers
to Build Tension
Simile Openers to Convey
Characters’ Feelings and Actions
Simile Openers to
Describe Settings
Simile Openers
to Add Action
As silent as a graveyard,
Like a scuttling crab,
As big as an elephant,
Like a speeding cheetah,
Like a lion waiting to pounce,
As cunning as a fox,
As slippery as an eel,
Like an ear-piercing siren,
As quiet as the shadows that
surrounded them,
Like a raging bull,
As light as a feather,
As quick as a flash,
As strong as an ox,
As sharp as a razor,
Like a jack-in-the-box,
Like a shrieking monkey,
Like a colourful rainbow,
As stubborn as a mule,
As flat as a pancake,
Like a game of cat and
mouse,
As proud as a peacock,
As hard as nails,
As wise as an owl,
Like a towering skyscraper,
Like a playful puppy,
As sticky as glue,
As graceful as a swan,
As rough as sandpaper,
Like a squawking parrot,
Like soft velvet,
Like a ravenous lion,
As hot as lava,
Like a trembling earthquake,
Like a beating drum,
Like the wind whistling,
As eerie as a haunted mansion,
Like a deserted ship,
Like a curtain of darkness,
Like a flickering candlelight,
Like swirls of smoke,
As fast as lightning,
Like a swooping bird,
Like a marching soldier,
Like a rocket zooming,
Like a hurtling meteorite,
Like an erupting volcano,