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Winter similes
Textbook: Part 2, pp. 44–47
GoalKnow what a tashbeh (simile) is; make sentences about winter with similes.
New words
simile, comparison · tashbehhoarfrost · qirovsnowflake · qorparchabitter cold · qahraton
Explanation
A tashbeh (simile) compares one thing to another: “snow is cotton”, “ice is a mirror”. Comparison makes speech vivid and moving. The textbook has the poem “Qish tashbehlari” (Winter similes) by Dilshod Rajab, where the poet compares winter to various things. Dilshod Rajab wrote many poetry books for children. We do not quote his lines; we read our own text. Comparison is often expressed with the endings “-day”, “-dek” or the words “kabi”, “singari” (like).
Worked examples
“White winter”. At dawn the yard was covered with white snow. The snow was soft like cotton, and the hoarfrost on it glittered like powdered glass. Snowflakes fell from the sky like white butterflies. Ice drops on tree branches hung like crystal candles. Though the bitter cold reddened our noses, we made a snowman and were happy. Winter is frosty, but beautiful.
Comparisons: snow – cotton, snowflake – butterfly, ice drop – crystal candle.
Class activity
“Paint winter with words”: each child invents a new comparison for one sign of winter.
Practice
1
What is the snow compared to?
Cotton
2
What did the snowflakes look like as they fell?
White butterflies
3
What do the ice drops resemble?
Crystal candles
4
What did the children make in the cold?
A snowman
5
Say your own comparison for winter.
For example: winter is a white blanket.