TSB - lesson 1, figurative language

“He [Garvey] was built like a bulldog with lazy eyes.” p.3

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

“He [Edwin] stared forward with a steely patience, like a wolf waiting.” p.4

• personification

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

“He [Cole] discovered early on that ‘being referred’ was the adult term for passing the buck.” p.6

• simile

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

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CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

“They were crazy if they thought he was going to spend a whole year of his life like some animal, trapped on a remote Alaskan island.” p.6

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• oxymoron

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

“They [Cole’s parents] had enough money and connections to move mountains.” p.8

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

“His mom acted like a scared Barbie doll...” p.9

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

“Cole nodded obediently, like a little puppy that would follow every rule and jump through any hoop.” p.16

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

• simile

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

“If these fossils really thought he was going to live in that shack for a whole year, they were nuts.” p.16

• personification

• metaphor

• smilie

• alliteration

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

“Cole tried to pull away, but Edwin gripped him like a clamp.” p.17

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

• smilie

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

“His parents were probably glad he was a million miles from their world.” p.22

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A