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.