Hatchet - Figurative Language

What type of figurative language is used in this text from Hatchet?

Now a jolt took him like a hammerblow, so forcefully that he seemed to crush back into the seat.

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is the meaning of the figurative language used in the phrase underlined in the sentence below?

Now a jolt took him like a hammerblow, so forcefully that he seemed to crush back into the seat.

• a hammer fell from the pilot's pocket

• the seat the pilot was in made aloud sound

• the strong movement of the plane pushed the pilot backwards

• the plane's engine died and moved the plane forward

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What type of figurative language is used in this text from Hatchet?

There was nothing obvious to eat and aside from about a million birds and the beaver, he hadn't seen animals to trap and cook.

• personification

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is the meaning of the figurative language underlined in the sentence below?

There was nothing obvious to eat and aside from about a million birds and the beaver, he hadn't seen animals to trap and cook.

• There was absolutely nothing to eat in the wilderness.

• Brian was planning to set a trap to catch food.

• There were lots of birds and a beaver that he could eat but nothing else.

• Brian had plenty of food to eat but he had no stove.

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

What type of figurative language is used in the excerpt from Hatchet below?

The mosquitoes and flies attacked. Vampires, he thought.

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is the meaning of the figurative language underlined in the sentence below?

The mosquitoes and flies attacked. Vampires, he thought.

• The mosquitoes and flies feed on blood.

• The mosquitoes and flies have wings.

• The mosquitoes and flies are terrifying.

• The mosquitoes and flies only come out at night.

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

What type of figurative language is used in the excerpt from Hatchet below?

Between the seventeenth and eighteenth radio transmission, without a warning, the engine coughed, roared violently for a second and died.

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is the meaning of the underlined phrase in the sentence below?

Between the seventeenth and eighteenth radio transmission, without a warning, the engine coughed, roared violently for a second and died.

• The radio quit working when the battery died.

• The transmission in the plane made a loud noise.

• The plane drifted to the west.

• The plane's engine made a loud sound and stopped running.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What type of figurative language is used in the excerpt from Hatchet below?

For a second, all he heard was the whusssh of the empty air waves.

• hyperbole

• simile

• personification

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is the meaning of the phrase underlined in the sentence below?

For a second, all he heard was the whusssh of the empty air waves.

• The radio was only making a soft sound.

• Brian heard the wind moving around the plane.

• Brian could not hear songs on the radio.

• The radio did not make any sound at all.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.7.4