Hatchet - Ch. 4-5

"The memory was like a knife cutting into him." is an example of what type of figurative language

• idiom

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

"...but pain hammered into him..." is an example of what type of figurative language?

• idiom

• alliteration

• oxymoron

• personification

What is the secret that Brian has been keeping?

• His mom has been spending time with a man that is not his dad.

• He wanted his parents to get divorced.

• He got kicked out of school.

• He doesn't know how to swim.

"His legs were on fire,..." is an example of what type of figurative language?

• idiom

• metaphor

• alliteration

• oxymoron

What creature is Brian attacked by before the sun came up on the second day?

• gnats

• a snake

• mosquitoes

• a warthog

"thick, swarming hordes of mosquitoes that flogged to his body, made a living coat on his exposed skin, clogged his nostrils when he inhaled, poured into his mouth when he opened it to take a breath." is an example of what?

• foreshadowing

• imagery

• flashback

• dialogue

"little splops all over the sides of the lake- along the shore- as fish began jumping..." is an example of what type of figurative language?

• oxymoron

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• personification

"His mouth was dry and tasted foul and sticky. His lips were cracked and felt as if they were bleeding..." is an example of what literary element?

• flashback

• foreshadowing

• imagery

• dialogue

Why did Brian decide that the water was safe to drink?

• He couldn't see any bug or anything in it.

• He read in a book that lake water is safe to drink.

• He remembered that he had already swallowed a bunch of it when he escaped the plane.

• His mom always told him that it was safe as long as it wasn't from close to the bank.

"They would tear the world apart to find him." is an example of what type of figurative language?

• idiom

• oxymoron

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor