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Unit 5

Chapter 1

Expressions of Comparison (p. 456)

-er
-est
more/the most + adj.
like, the same...as
as...as

different/differ from
less...than

NOTE: "so... as" usage restricted to formal writing after negatives only.

I. Recognition

Identify all expressions of comparison in the Comprehensive Reading.

II. Quotations/Proverbs/Idioms

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.

My love is like a red, red rose.

Like father, like son.

sweet as sugar
fit as a fiddle
sharp as a razor
old as the hills
light as a feather
solid as a rock
good as gold

tough as nails
happy as a lark
cool as a cucumber
high as a kite
dry as a bone
right as rain
black as coal

leaks like a sieve
drinks like a fish
eats like a horse
smokes like a chimney
walks like a man
quick like a bunny

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