As
stringy as a rope (tail activating background knowledge)
Breezy as a fan (ears using sensory images)
Sharp as a spear (tusks questioning)
Wide as a cliff (head making predictions and
inferences)
Sturdy as a pillar (legs determining main
ideas)
Supple as a snake (trunk using fix-up
options)
But altogether the Something is
.. an elephant (synthesizing)
Adapted from Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young