Home of the Brave Final

Identify the figurative language of the underlined words and/or phrases below:

“I hear the crunch of someone walking.” (p. 218)

• Onomatopoeia

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Identify the figurative language of the underlined words and/or phrases below:

“Gol has spotted me. She trudges over, slow but determined, like an old woman longing for her grandchild’s embrace.” (p. 210)

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Tone

• Predicate

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Identify the figurative language of the underlined words and/or phrases below:

“We are in the middle of a sea of cars.” (p. 231)

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Personification

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.3.3

Identify the figurative language of the underlined words and/or phrases below:

“Cars come and go like frantic ants.” (p. 230)

• Theme

• Personification

• Simile

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

Identify the figurative language of the underlined words and/or phrases below:

“Here, too many building block the sky. You can’t even watch the sun put on his bright pajamas and sink into bed.” (p. 208).

• Simile

• Personification

• Tone

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Identify the figurative language of the underlined words and/or phrases below:

“We take the bus to a swimming hole, shaped like a giant brick...For a while, you are a fish in a warm, pretending lake.” (p. 190)

• Simile/Metaphor

• Tone/Theme

• Personification/Onomatopoeia

• Tone/Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Identify the figurative language of the underlined words and/or phrases below:

“In my old home, where death sneaks into your home in the hush of night, good-byes were a precious thing.” (p. 208)

• Tone

• Personification

• Theme

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Identify the figurative language of the underlined words and/or phrases below:

“Hunger is a wild dog gnawing on a dry bone, mad with impatience but hoping still.” (p. 150)

• Metaphor

• Tone

• Simile

• Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why couldn't they take Gol in the trailer?

• it was too nice to be in a trailer

• everyone wanted to walk

• She was too heavy

• the hitch was rusted out

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What happened to Gol..."then she ambles out into the road."

• went to the middle of traffic

• walked with no hurry

• got stuck

• moved with purpose

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.4