The Circuit: Chapter 8 Figurative Language

What type of figurative language is this?
"Like an alarm clock, the honking of the horn woke me with a start on Saturday morning." Page 55

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole
• Symbolism

 What type of figurative language is this?
"Slow as a snail." page 55

• Onomatopoeia
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Simile

What type of figurative language is this?
"The honking of the horn for me was like the final balloon on the last day of school." page 55

• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Hyperbole

What type of figurative language is this?
"This loud sound was like a tonic." page 55

• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Personficication
• Simile

What type of figurative language is this?
"...the shell is like a cat's claw." Page 56

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Onomatopeia

What type of figurative language is this?
"He looked like a kangaroo." Page 52

• Symbolism
• Simile
• Allegory
• Metaphor

What is being used in this example?
"...the shell is like a cat's claw."  Page 56

• Assonance
• Metaphor
• Alliteration
• Symbolism

What 2 types of figurative language are being used here?
"Leaning on the horn, and trying to avoid the potholes full of water, he drove down the muddy paths, slow as a snail."  page 55

• Personification and Hyperbole
• Metaphor and Anamorphism
• Simile and Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia and Metaphor

What type of figurative language is this?
"The pounding of the rain on the roof woke me several times during the night." Page 53

• Metaphor
• Symbolism
• Personification
• Simile

What type of figurative language is this?
"...honking of the horn..." page 55

• Symbolism
• Alliteration
• Personificiaton
• Simile