Bud, Not Buddy figurative language

Bud said, "My heart started jumping around in my stomach."

• hyperbole

• idiom

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

I clump-clump-clumped down the stairs of Miss Thomas' house.

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

I knew Herman E. Calloway was trying to work me like a dog.

• idiom

• personification

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Bud would have to walk a gazillion miles to get to Grand Rapids!

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Herman E. Calloway is a lion who doesn't like Bud.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

"Lefty Lewis left the car door open and I could hear the engine grumbling."

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

Miss Thomas' humming was as beautiful as a butterfly.

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

Bud-Not-Buddy ate butter on his bread at the Sweet Pea.

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Bud's suitcase weighed a ton.

• personification

• hyperbole

• idiom

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

Miss Thomas was a bright light for Bud.

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3