One example of a simile in Shel Silverstein's "Falling Up" is "I'm turning into something that no one else has seen, something that's not too likely, something like a dream." This compares the transformation of the speaker into something unique and dreamlike using the word "like."
climax, rising action, falling action, simile, metaphor
In Shel Silverstein's book called, conveniently, Falling Up. Here is a link to the Wikipedia page for a list of all the poems in that book: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling_Up_(book) Also you can find falling up in your local libraries near you
How about "fell like a leaf made of iron: tumbling end-over-end rapidly to the ground"? If not, you could try "as if the ground was stretching out towards him/her/it, greedy to have him/her/it in their clutch.
"Falling Up" is a poetry book written by Shel Silverstein. He is known for his whimsical and thought-provoking poems that appeal to both children and adults.
On page 293 in the first paragraph, the first line in chapter 19, "Picking Up and Going On" the simile is "It was as if somebody had reached up inside me and turned off a switch."
In the book "What My Mother Doesn't Know" by Sonya Sones, a simile is used to describe the feeling of being in love, comparing it to floating on a cloud. This comparison highlights the lightness and euphoria associated with falling in love.
shut up and get a life. SUCK IT UP AND READ THE BOOK!
LIke snowflakes on a wintery day.
The simile is "Biting the hand that feeds you."
Rising action is the build up to the biggest problem in the book and the falling action is the loose ends from the big problem
green goblins falling down, but in the end they get up!
Yes, there is a simile in "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett. An example of a simile from the book is "Blue as a bruise" used to describe a character's eyes.