Maze Runner Figurative Language

"With another jolt, the room jerked upward like an old lift in a mine shaft." -pg 1

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Simile

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Knowledge flooded his thoughts..." -pg 1

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

• Personifcation

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

"The kid giggled like he'd just said the funniest thing in history..." -pg 6

• Personifcation

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"And off they went, those six words burning holes in his mind." -pg 214

• Personifcation

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"... and memories swirled through my head like crazy, almost as if I could feel someone emptying my mind..."

• Simile and Personfication

• Simile and Metaphor

• Alliteration and Hyperbole

• Idiom and Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

But tonight, the Gladers ate like dead men resurrected for one last meal before being sent to live with the devils”

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

“The more he thought about it, being a Runner didn’t sound like such a great idea.But, inexplicably, it still called to him.”

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

“Zart was the tall, black-haired kid who’d stood at the front of the pole during Ben's banishment, and who for some odd reason smelled like sour milk."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Allusion

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"Harsh sounds of chains and pulleys, like the workings of an ancient steel factory"

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

“Ben’s in there, sicker than a dog. They got him.”

• Personification and Simile

• Idiom and Metaphor

• Metaphor and Simile

• Alliteration and Hybperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B