Marigold Figurative Language

The following line is an example of:

"...all that I seem to remember is dust—the brown, crumbly dust of late summer—arid, sterile dust that gets into the eyes and makes them water, gets into the throat and between the toes of bare brown feet."

• symbolism

• imagery

• simile

• metaphor

The following line is an example of:

"The boards themselves seemed to remain upright not from being nailed together but rather from leaning together, like a house that a child might have constructed from cards."

• symbolism

• imagery

• simile

• metaphor

The following line is an example of (Pick 2):

But old fears have a way of clinging like cobwebs, and so when we sighted the tumbledown shack, we had to stop to reinforce our nerves.

• symbolism

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

The following line is an example of:

"I said before that we children were not consciously aware of how thick were the bars of our cage."

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Which of the following terms is used in the following line:

"Then I lost my head entirely, mad with the power of inciting such rage, and ran out of the bushes in the storm of pebbles..."

• idiom

• personification

• simile

• onomatopoeia

What term is being used in the following line:

"The children screamed with delight, dropped their pebbles, and joined the crazy dance, swarming around Miss Lottie like bees and chanting"

• personification

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

What term is being used in the following line:

and we dashed for the bushes just as Miss Lottie’s cane went whizzing at my head.

• idiom

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

What term is being used in the following line:

"My mother’s voice was like a cool, dark room in summer--peaceful, soothing, quiet."

• idiom

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

What TWO terms are being used in the following line (Pick 2):

"...my father, who was the rock on which the family had been built, was sobbing like the tiniest child"

• idiom

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

In the context of this story, the Marigolds are a(n) ______ for beauty and joy.

• idiom

• symbol

• hyperbole

• alliteration