Unwind Figurative Language

1. In Risa's stall, the baby is making wakeful noises. Not crying but sort of clicking. On the verge of hungry tears. (pg.76)

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

2. Connor lies back down, and his tears come as sudden as a summer downpour. (p.16)

• Simile

• Metaphor

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

3. Her words or maybe just her intentionally condescending tone makes Connor a storm. (p.47)

• Simile

• metaphor

• repetition

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

4. Although Lev's tongue feels like rubber, he manages to get out a single word. (p.41)

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Allusion

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

7. She holds him, and for a moment it seems as if everything is okay, as if they are the only two people on Earth. (p.3)

• Simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

8. The thing is, I know tons of people with big families. (p.32)

• simile

• metaphor

• literal

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Soon her fingers dance across the keys..." (p. 20).

• personification

• hyperbole

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

"All of his self confidence has imploded like a dying star" (p.64).

• metaphor

• simile

• idiom

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"He's...going on and on about how sorry, sorry, sorry he is about it all" (7).

• simile

• metaphor

• repetition

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"She has sudden strength. She now has a second chance...she'll be smarter" (54).

• alliteration

• assonance

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9