Speak 3-24 Literary Devices

Front

"The school bus wheezes to my corner"

Back

personification

Front

"I stand in the center aisle of the auditorium, a wounded zebra in a National Geographic special, looking for someone, anyone, to sit next to"

Back

metaphor

Front

"I dive into the stream of fourth-period lunch students and swim down the hall to the cafeteria" (7)

Back

metaphor

Front

Mr. Neck notes: 'I knew you were trouble the first time I saw you. I've taught here for twenty-four years and can read kids' eyes.'

Back

irony

Front

"Art follows lunch, like dream follows nightmare"

Back

simile

Front

'But there's a catch -- by the end of the year you must make your object express something.'

Back

personification

Front

"If she can't find enough employees for September, she'll be in deep doo-doo when the holiday season hits"

Back

metaphor

Front

The couch has two personalities: 'Melinda inhaling pepperoni and mushroom' and 'No one ever eats in the family room.'

Back

personification

Front

"I want to grab her by the neck and shake her and scream at her to stop treating me like dirt" (21)

Back

simile

Front

"I have been dropped like a hot Pop Tart on a cold kitchen floor"

Back

simile