Poetry Analysis

You could walk along and look exactly like a train blowing out big, fat, white puffs of smoke. (p. 1)

• allusion
• simile
• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

…Miss Henry and the other teachers were smiling a mile a minute (p. 22)

• hyperbole
• simile
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

About a million fingers pointed at the new kids and a million laughs almost knocked them over. (p. 30)

• alliteration
• allusion
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

…she still thought cold weather could kill you in a flash.

• hyperbole
• metaphor
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

You could cut Byron's head off and he probably wouldn't cry. (p. 13)

• hyperbole
• personification
• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

And Byron Watson if you are incapable of taking the fire out of your eyes I assure you I will find a way to assist you. (p. 24)

• hyperbole
• idiom
• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

It was about a zillion degrees below zero. (p. 1)

• metaphor
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Your eyes would automatically blink a thousand times all by themselves.
(p. 1) 

• simile
• hyperbole
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

It's a sight that I'ma carry to my grave with me. (p.54)

• idiom
• simile
• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

The boy had a head shaped just like a hambone. (p. 4)

• metaphor
• simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5