Figurative language in Chapter 5 of THE OUTSIDERS

What type of figurative language appears in this quote from the novel?

"You know how it is, when you wake up in a strange place and wonder where in the world you are, until memory comes rushing over you like a wave."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personifcation

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the BEST explanation of the literal meaning of the following figurative language?

"You know how it is, when you wake up in a strange place and wonder where in the world you are, until memory comes rushing over you like a wave."

• You get suddenly knocked over.

• You become suddenly and shockingly aware of your surroundings.

• You suddenly feel you are drowning.

• You suddenly feel really wet.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What type of figurative language appears in this quote from the novel?

"Maybe Dally had been killed in a car wreck or something and no one would ever know where I was, and I'd just die up here, alone, and turn into a skeleton."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personifcation

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What type of figurative language appears in this quote from the novel?

"Two-Bit shoulda been in that little one-horse store. Man, we're in the middle of nowhere; the nearest house is two miles away."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personifcation

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What type of figurative language appears in this quote from the novel?

"It's like being in a Halloween costume we can't get out of."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personifcation

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the BEST explanation of the literal meaning of the following figurative language?

"It's like being in a Halloween costume we can't get out of."

• The boys can't get their costumes unzipped.

• The boys have taken on new identities and they can't go back to their lives before the night at the fountain.

• Dallas won't let the boys wear their usual clothes.

• The boys are wearing costumes so no one recognizes them.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What type of figurative language appears in this quote from the novel?

"We could see for miles; see the ribbon of highway and the small dots that were houses and cars."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personifcation

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What type of figurative language is MOST represented in this quote from the novel?

"I was dying for a Pepsi. I'm what you might call a Pepsi addict. I drink them like a fiend, and going for five days without one was about to kill me."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personifcation

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What two types of figurative language are represented in this quote from the novel?

"I like fast driving and Johnny was crazy about drag races, but we both got a little green around the gills when Dally took a corner on two wheels with the brakes screaming."

• Metaphor and personification

• Simile and metaphor

• Personification and simile

• Hyperbole and metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What type of figurative language appears in this quote from the novel?

"I know Dally knows where you are, but you know him. He keeps his trap shut and won't tell me nothing."

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personifcation

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3