Figurative Language in The Wednesday Wars

The main character's name, Holling Hoodhood, is an example of what figurative language term?

• alliteration

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

"The rest of the Morning Announcements were as exciting as December drizzles" is an example of what TWO figurative language terms?

• simile and alliteration

• metaphor and alliteration

• simile and metaphor

• personification and metaphor

"They're out of their minds" is an example of what figurative language term?

• idiom

• personification

• alliteration

• allusion

"This look came over her face like the sun had winked out ..." is an example of what figurative language term?

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• allusion

"Second, ....... The Beatles television special .... was being seen by every single person in the country except for her .... And somehow Ringo would find out about that and never, ever forgive her, " is an example of what figurative language term?

• allusion

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

"Do you think Mrs. Baker looks like an evil genius?" is an example of what figurative language term?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

"We looked at it, standing on its white linen cloth as huge as History." Along with alliteration, this example is also showing what figurative language term?

• hyperbole

• simile

• idiom

• allusion

"Of all the kids in the 7th grade at Camillo Junior High, there was one kid that Mrs. Baker hated with heat whiter than the sun," is an example of all the following figurative language terms EXCEPT ...

• hyperbole

• simile

• alliteration

• metaphor

"The azaleas lost the remnants of their white and pink blossoms, and then many of their leaves. and since they were half-naked and embarrassed, my father wrapped them in tight burlap," is an example of what figurative language term?

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• a

"I saw in her eyes what would have been in Long John Silver's eyes if he had ever gotten a hold of Capt. Flints treasure," is an example of what figurative language term?

• simile

• personification

• allusion

• alliteration