Restart: Figurative Language (Ch. 1 - 6)

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence? "The light is harsh, fluorescent, painful. I squeeze my eyes shut, but I can't keep it out. It's an explosion" (Korman 1).

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

"I'm like a computer with its hard drive wiped clean" (Korman 3).

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

"It's like reaching into a pocket for something that should be there but isn't" (Korman 5).

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

"He sighs. 'Ants at a picnic, that's what you are'" (Korman 9).

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

"I whip the camera away fast enough to leave a trail of burnt air hanging in the cafeteria" (Korman 29).

• simile

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

"Here I am, ready to shoot the greatest video in the history of humanity, and I can't get anybody to help me" (Korman 44).

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

"The best part is when the brushes come. It's as if I'm being attacked by two whirling monsters from Where the Wild Things Are" (Korman 51).

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

"There I am, clinging to the tricycle like it's the only thing keeping me from floating away into outer space" (Korman 52).

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• hyperbole

What does this help us understand?

"The light is harsh, fluorescent, painful. I squeeze my eyes shut, but I can't keep it out. It's an explosion" (Korman 1).

• Chase has a headache.

• The light is extremely bright.

• The light is burning Chase.

• Chase does not like day time.

What does this figurative language describe?

"I'm like a computer with its hard drive wiped clean" (Korman 3).

• Chase's memory loss.

• Chase's computer is broken.

• Chase likes to clean.

• Chase just took a shower.