Long Walk Figurative Language

Front

"Salva felt his knee turn to water."

Back

hyperbole

Front

Identify the literary device: Herds of cattle had been brought to good grazing ground...

Back

alliteration

Front

"It was like music, the sound of Akeer's laugh."

Back

simile

Front

At last the sun was reluctantly forced from the sky.

Back

personification

Front

The birds at the muddy pond all flap and twitter and caw...

Back

onomatapoeia

Front

Salva's mouth closed and opened again, as if he was a fish.

Back

simile

Front

The Nile, the longest river in the world, the mother of all life in Sudan.

Back

metaphor

Front

He felt his heart sink.

Back

hyperbole

Front

Effect of simile: "Overhead, a jet plane veered away like a sleek evil bird."

Back

The plane is bringing evil to the village.

Front

What does this hyperbole mean? "Salva felt his knee turn to water."

Back

Salva felt weak in his knees.