Figurative Language and Seedfolks

"The city was a jungle." is an example of what type of figurative language?

• alliteration

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

10. Wendell quotes "And a little child shall lead them" from the Bible and says that Kim is teaching him what?

• gardening

• There is plenty about his life he can't change, but he can change the trashy lot.

• How to read and write

• How to plant limas

Ana says that Cleveland is like a cheap hotel. What type of figurative language is this?

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• simile

• hyperbole

What do Wendell and Kim's dad have in common?

• They are both scared

• They are both from Vietnam

• They were both farmers

• They are both related to Kim

What type of figurative language is shown?

The vacant (empty) lot had so much garbage, it could reach the moon!

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Ana says, "I felt like I'd read through her secret diary and had ripped out a page without meaning to." What type of figurative language is this?

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Who is the girl Wendell finds in the vacant lot?

• Ana

• His wife

• Kim

• The author

What type of figurative language is shown?

The lima bean plant danced in the sunshine.

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• oxymoron

What type of figurative language is shown?

The bees buzzed in the vacant lot and the old refrigerator creaked as it opened.

• oxymoron

• personification

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

Ana's "curiosity was like a fever inside." What type of figurative language is this?

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile