Literary Devices in Lemon Brown

Front

“His father’s words, like distant thunder echoing through Harlem, rumbled softly in his ears” contains:

Back

Simile

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Front

Gusts of wind made bits of paper dance between parked cars.

Back

Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Front

“Don’t try nothin’ ‘cause I got a razor here sharp enough to cut a week into nine days!” contains:

Back

Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Front

Voice described as high and brittle, like dry twigs breaking...

Back

Simile

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CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

Front

“His black, heavily wrinkled face was surrounded by a halo of crunkly white hair and whiskers…” contains:

Back

Imagery

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.4.5

Front

“Hard times always after a poor man. One day I got tired, sat down to rest, and felt a tap on my shoulder. Hard times caught up with me” contains:

Back

Personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

Front

“They say I sung the blues so sweet that if I sang at a funeral, the dead would rock with the beat” contains:

Back

Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Front

“When you get as old as me, all you say when something hurts is ‘Howdy Mr. Pain, sees you back again'” contains:

Back

Personification

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Front

Author's purpose in passage #5: narrative element revealed?

Back

Characterization

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

Front

Author's purpose in passage #6: narrative element revealed?

Back

Characterization

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CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10