1. A simile is a comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as.” Write down three similes from the story.

I don't see the story.

Some similes that might be in your story:

It was as cold as Antarctica!

Watching the show was like watching grass grow.

He is as strong as an ox!

They fight like cats and dogs.

They slept like a dog.

We are as busy as a bee.

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c. it required that townships set aside land for public schools.