Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie Figurative Language

Having any brother would be horrible, I suppose, but having my particular brother, Jeffrey, is an unrelenting nightmare. (4)

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• personification

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

"...the notes just seemed to shimmer in the air like floating fire..." Biff's guitar solo was perfect.

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

"... I had probably gone four months without eating a single vegetable."

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4

"Soon, the racoon people would find each other and breed... Gangs of them would haunt the malls, buying up all the black-and-gray-striped sportswear." Steven telling Jeffrey not to worry about his black eye.

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

I have mouse-brown cowlick-y hair, glasses that are about an inch thick and braces that look like I tried to swallow a train wreck. (4)

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

And that's the problem: The kid follows me around like I'm Elvis or something. (4)

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

On that tragic day, I came home, said hi to Mom, glugged down some milk, and headed down to the basement to practice. (5)

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Just then, Renee Albert stopped right next to us to congratulate her boyfriend (we'll just call him Biff), a sophomore guitarist with an alarmingly perfect complexion and muscles like Barry Bonds. (10)

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

I always think of it this way: "Here comes Steven, bursting into his Big Solo. Watch those hands-- they're too quick to follow. Holy cow, this kid is a magician!" (30)

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Guess who was standing there, looking somewhat taken aback by the blood-drooling, shave-headed madman in the closet? p 228

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.8.5A

CCSS.RL.8.4