"Between Shades of Gray" Figurative Lang. & Vocab. (Ch. 46-60)

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What symbol represents the commander in Lena's imagination?

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Snakes

Front

Identify the figurative language device used in the quote: 'Temperatures lived well below zero.'

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Personification

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Identify the figurative language device used in the quote: 'They often forgot to check on us or didn't want to venture out into the biting, frosty winds.'

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Personification

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Identify the figurative language device used in the quote: 'My heart is stricken, and withered like grass; I forget to eat my bread.'

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Simile

Front

What is the meaning of the vocabulary term 'somber'?

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Gloomy

Front

Define 'figurative language'.

Back

Language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation.

Front

What is a simile?

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A figure of speech that compares two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is personification?

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A literary device where human qualities are attributed to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract concepts.

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Provide an example of alliteration.

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'She sells sea shells by the sea shore.'

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What is a metaphor?

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A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things without using 'like' or 'as'.