The Crimes and Punishments of Miss Payne
Chapter One
ASSIGNMENT:
Write a description of a place, person or thing in such a way that you demonstrate an understanding of the use of similes.
RESPONSE:
Student's name: Calma Harrison
Subject: Jaryd Kiffing
Kiffo's hair is like a glowing sunset. However, unlike a sunset, it lasts for a long time and doesn't suddenly turn black and become studded with stars. It is as wild as a dingo on drugs and sticks up like ears of corn after a cyclone. Maybe like a field of corn that is the color of sunset and has been trampled by a whole load of drug-crazed dingoes during a cyclone.
Kiffo's nose is like butter on toast. It was put on hot and it spread. His nostrils gape like two huge caves, but it would be difficult to camp in them or even light a fire in them. Though it might be worth trying, I suppose. They drip like your bathing suit when you hang it over the pool railing to dry. His eyes are as brown as diarrhea, which only goes to prove that he is full of crap. Kiffo's teeth are like stars because they come out at night. No, that's just an old joke. His teeth are as white as sheets that were once white bu ... read full excerpt from: The Crimes and Punishments of Miss Payne ebook
