STEP 1. Select a pair of closely related objects to compare. (Some of the pairs you might use could
include boys and girIs, a dog and a puppy, an ocean and lake, a weed and a flower, the moon and a star.)
List the two objects you are going to compare below:

STEP 2. For the first line of your poem, write down what season of the year Object 1 is most like:

Line 1:is like

STEP 3. For the second line of your poem, describe something about Object 1 that makes it seem like that season:

Line 2:

STEP 4. For the next line, write down what different season of the year Object 2 is like:

Line 3:is like

STEP 5. For the next line, describe some quality of Object 2 that makes it seem like that season:

Line 4:

STEP 6. On the fifth line, write down what animal Object 1 is like:

Line 5:

STEP 7: For the next line, indicates why object 1 is like this animal.

Line 6:

STEP 8: On the next line, write down what different animal object 2 is like.

Line 7:

STEP 9: On the last line of your poem, describe some quality of Object 2 that makes it seem like that animal.

Line 8:

STEP 10: Look over the lines you have written and be sure that they read smoothly and make sense.
Make any revisions that are needed.