Watsons go to Birmingham - Figurative Language Chapters 6-10

"A week later I was walking in the alley behind Mitchell's when a big cookie with pink frosting just about hit me in the head. It went by like a little flying saucer, then crashed in the dirt" (page 80).

The simile in this passage compares...

• The cookie and a flying saucer

• The alley and a flying saucer

• A flying saucer and crashing

• Mitchell's and a flying saucer

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

"[Byron] dropped out of the tree like a superhero" (page 80).

In this sentence, the author describes Byron's decent from the tree with...

• A simile

• A metaphor

• Personification

• A hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

"The bird's wings both stuck out to the side and for a hot second with its tail hanging down and its wings sticking out... it looked like a perfect small letter t stuck up on the telephone wire" (page 83).

Which of the following phrases can be substituted for the underlined simile and change it to a metaphor?

• was a perfect small letter t

• was as perfect as a small letter t

• could have been mistaken for a small letter t

• looked like it was

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

"Momma sucked in a ton of air. 'Your father will kill you!'" (page 87). The figure of speech that occurs twice in this quote is...

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"[Byron's] hair was reddish brown, straight, stiff and slick-looking. Parts of it stuck straight up like porcupine stickers..." (page 87).

What figure of speech does the author use to describe the state of Byron's hair?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

"Getting hit when you're not expecting it can really shake you up. [Kenny's] legs started wobbling like [his] knees were made out of Jell-O..." (page 94).

According to the simile in this sentences, Kenny's legs were...

• Weak and unstable

• Locked into place

• Folded up under him

• Trying to run

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

" ... all I could do was sit on the next-to-the-last step and hold my ear as tears jumped out of my eyes... Joey sat on the step next to me with tears jumping out of her eyes too" (page 95).

What type of figurative language is used twice in this quote?

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

" ... all I could do was sit on the next-to-the-last step and hold my ear as tears jumped out of my eyes... Joey sat on the step next to me with tears jumping out of her eyes too" (page 95).

In this example of personification, what item is given a human ability?

• Tears

• Eyes

• An ear

• A stair step

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

"If a bomb exploded under me I'd be standing in the hole with my eyes sealed. Even if my head got blown off they'd have to say, 'Here's that kid's head, and yup, his eyes are locked tight as a safe!'"

This quote has several easy-to-spot hyperboles. What other figure of speech can be found?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Byron was grinning like a giant, bald-headed kindergarten baby" (page 115).

Which of the following can be substituted for the underlined simile so that it is changed to a metaphor?

• a giant, grinning, bald-headed kindergarten baby

• grinning like a big baby

• grinning as wide as a bald-headed baby

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5