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Worksheet 1. The Use of Similes in Things Fall Apart Name Teacher Grade Directions Read the similes below. Explain the meaning behind each comparison. Simile Okonkwo s fame had grown like a bush-fire in the harmattan. Meaning Fending for his father s house was like pouring grains of corn into a bag full of holes. Explain the meaning behind each comparison* Simile Okonkwo s fame had grown like a bush-fire in the harmattan* Meaning Fending for his father s house was like pouring grains of corn into a bag full of holes. The earth burned like hot coals and roasted all the yams that had been sown* The drummers took up their sticks and the air shivered and grew tense like a tightened bow. He grew rapidly like a yam tendril in the rainy season* something seemed to give way inside him like the snapping of a tightened bow. Okonkwo drank palm-wine from morning till night and his eyes were red and fierce like the eyes of a rat when it was caught by the tail and dashed against the floor. He felt like a drunken giant walking with the limbs of a mosquito. Ezinma bubbled with energy like fresh palmwine. Agbala do-o-o-o Agbala ekeneo-o-o-o-o came the voice like a sharp knife cutting through the night. 1 -- Permission is granted to educators to reproduce this worksheet for classroom use. Explain the meaning behind each comparison* Simile Okonkwo s fame had grown like a bush-fire in the harmattan* Meaning Fending for his father s house was like pouring grains of corn into a bag full of holes. The earth burned like hot coals and roasted all the yams that had been sown* The drummers took up their sticks and the air shivered and grew tense like a tightened bow. The earth burned like hot coals and roasted all the yams that had been sown* The drummers took up their sticks and the air shivered and grew tense like a tightened bow. He grew rapidly like a yam tendril in the rainy season* something seemed to give way inside him like the snapping of a tightened bow. He grew rapidly like a yam tendril in the rainy season* something seemed to give way inside him like the snapping of a tightened bow. Okonkwo drank palm-wine from morning till night and his eyes were red and fierce like the eyes of a rat when it was caught by the tail and dashed against the floor. Okonkwo drank palm-wine from morning till night and his eyes were red and fierce like the eyes of a rat when it was caught by the tail and dashed against the floor. He felt like a drunken giant walking with the limbs of a mosquito. Ezinma bubbled with energy like fresh palmwine. He felt like a drunken giant walking with the limbs of a mosquito. Ezinma bubbled with energy like fresh palmwine. Agbala do-o-o-o Agbala ekeneo-o-o-o-o came the voice like a sharp knife cutting through the night. 1 -- Permission is granted to educators to reproduce this worksheet for classroom use. Explain the meaning behind each comparison* Simile Okonkwo s fame had grown like a bush-fire in the harmattan* Meaning Fending for his father s house was like pouring grains of corn into a bag full of holes. The earth burned like hot coals and roasted all the yams that had been sown* The drummers took up their sticks and the air shivered and grew tense like a tightened bow. He grew rapidly like a yam tendril in the rainy season* something seemed to give way inside him like the snapping of a tightened bow.