Fish in a Tree Figurative Language

What type of figurative language is in the example from Fish in a Tree?:

"Oliver laughs, throwing himself on his desk like it's a fumbled football." (Hunt 1)

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What type of figurative language is in the example from Fish in a Tree?:

"Teachers are like the machines that take quarters for bouncy balls. You know what you're going to get. Yet, you don't know, too." (Hunt 2)

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does the metaphor below from Fish in a Tree mean?

'"Ally? Did you say no?' he asks, without being mad.

"I turn myself to stone." (Hunt 40)

• She stops moving.

• She stops showing any feeling.

• She has dry skin.

• She put on armor.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What type of figurative language is in the example from Fish in a Tree?:

"Mr. Daniels asks for volunteers to go first. Shock of the century when Shay raises her hand." (Hunt 43)

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What do the simile below from Fish in a Tree mean?

"I like hearing about the story. But asking me to read them would be like asking a lobster to play tennis." (Hunt 53)

• She isn't good at tennis.

• She doesn't like eating lobster.

• She can't hold onto the books.

• She feels uncomfortable reading.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What types of figurative language is in the example from Fish in a Tree?:

"On no. She thinks I'm a barrel full of crazy, but I keep going because sometimes my tongue goes on without my say-so." (Hunt 59)

• Simile and metaphor

• Metaphor and personification

• Personification and idiom

• Simile and idiom

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What makes the sentence below from Fish in a Tree a simile?

"...it makes her feel heavy and angry. Like she's dragging a concrete block around all of the time." (Hunt 69)

• It compares her feeling to dragging concrete.

• It says the word "like"

• It gives extra qualities to the concrete block.

• It's way over the top.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What type of figurative language is in the example from Fish in a Tree?:

"Shay is making fun of Albert because his clothes don't fit. 'What's with the pants, Albert?' she says. 'Did you get that outfit in the third grade?'

Keisha whips around fast. 'Why do you always try to pull people down?' she asks."' (Hunt 71)

• Personification

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

What does the metaphor below from Fish in a Tree mean?

"For the spring concert last year, before I had a growth spurt, I had to stand in the front row. I like when Travis called me a dime among pennies." (Hunt 71)

• She's really shiny.

• She's worth more.

• She is smaller than other kids.

• She grows really fast.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

How does the simile below from Fish in a Tree help you as a reader?

"Dark red ribbons that wind around the stems like a barbershop light pole." (Hunt 72)

• It makes it more confusing.

• It helps you hear the characters voice.

• It helps you visualize the ribbons.

• It makes you think about a barbershop.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5