Esperanza Rising Figurative Language

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“…Papa’s heart would find us wherever we go.”

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

• onomateopia

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“Our land is alive…this whole valley breathes and lives…”

• allitreation

• simile

• personification

• idiom

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“She could hear it, too. The beat rushing in her ears. Shoomp, shoomp, shoomp.”

• onomateopia

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“Isabel…rolled it up like a cigar…”

• metaphor

• idiom

• simile

• personification

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“Their faces were so encrusted with dry dirt that they reminded Esperanza of cracked pottery.”

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“…droopy mustache made him look like a forlorn puppy.”

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• simile

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“Clicketta, clicketta, clicketta. The song of the locomotive was monotonous…”

• hyperbole

• onomateopia

• alliteration

• sensory language

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“Esperanza could tell that Mama was uneasy with their constant presence.”

• hyperbole

• onomateopia

• idiom

• sensory language

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“He wouldn’t be grinning like a proud rooster then.”

• personification

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“…the burnt out vines rolling in parallel lines…it looked as if someone had taken a giant comb, dipped it in paint, and gently swirled it across a huge canvas.”

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personfication