Phantom Tollbooth Ch. 4-7 Figurative Language

"Easy as falling off a log," cried the earl.

• idiom

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

"Take the Z, for instance- very dry and sawdusty. And the X? Why, it tastes like a trunkful of stale air."

• personification

• simile

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

"I'm not a witch- I'm a Which."

• synonym

• personification

• alliteration

• homophone

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

"We'll take our vehicle."

"Conveyance."

"Rig."

"Buggy."

"Coach."

• homophone

• alliteration

• synonym

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

He was the largest man Milo had ever seen...

• personification

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

"Is it six million years already? My, how time flies."

• idiom

• personification

• alliteration

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The walls and ceiling were covered with mirrors, whose reflections danced dizzily along with them...

• alliteration/ onomatopoeia

• personification/ hyperbole

• personification/ simile

• personification/ alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

"The duke here can make mountains our of molehills. The minister splits hairs. The count makes hay while the sun shines. The earl leaves no stone unturned. and the under secretary," he finished ominously, "hangs by a thread."

• metaphor

• synonym

• idiom

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

When he lifted the covers, shafts of brilliant-colored light leaped from the plates and bounced around the ceiling, the walls, across the floor, and out the windows.

• alliteration

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

"How many times must I tell you not to bite off more than you can chew?" snapped the undersecretary....

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.3