Ruby Holler Figurative Language

"Have you lost your marbles?", Florida asked.

• Simile
• Alliteration
• Idiom

Tiller looked up and heard, a thunk, thunk, crack and whoosh.

• onomatopoeia
• metaphor
• idiom

Florida's stomach felt like an empty sack.

• metaphor
• simile
• idiom

Florida loved the smell of the leaves, bark and the crisp, cool air.

• imagery
• metaphor
• simile

Dallas sat down beside the boy's bed and felt his head. "He's as hot as a firecracker" exclaimed Dallas.

• metaphor
• simile
• idiom

His mind was a big, empty pot. He couldn't remember anything.

• simile
• alliteration
• metaphor

Dallas poured the brown, sticky syrup all over the fluffy pancakes.

• imagery
• alliteration
• personification

"We've been here longer than anyone. We've been her a zillion years" shouted Florida.

• metaphor
• simile
• hyperbole

They went through the holler, through soggy patches, over rocks and across a clear stream.

• imagery
• personification
• metaphor

Clank, Clank, Clank, banged the garbage can lids.

• simile
• imagery
• onomatopoeia