Figurative Language ALWTW

What is the effect of this simile:

"Overhead, a jet plane veered away like a sleek evil bird."

• The plane brings is bringing evil to the village.

• The plane looks like a bird.

• The plane sounds loud

• The plane's wings are unstable and flapping.

What does this hyperbole mean?

"Salva felt his knee turn to water."

• Salva found water as deep as his knees.

• Salva's knees disintegrated into liquid.

• Salva felt weak in his knees.

• Salva had the medical problem of fluid build-up on his knees.

What effect does this hyperbole give the reader:

"He sighed, and Salva heard that sigh all the way to his heart."

• Salva loved the sound of the sigh.

• Salva deeply understood the feelings behind the sigh.

• The sigh made Salva sad.

• Salva knew they could become friends.

What effect does this simile have?

"Salva's mouth closed and opened again, as if he was a fish."

• Salva felt like he

• Salva's needed water as much as a fish

• Salva was doing an impression of a fish to make Mariel laugh.

• Salva was so surprised he couldn't speak.

What does this metaphor mean?

"The Nile: the longest river in the world, the mother of all life in Sudan."

• The Nile is really, really long.

• The Nile is the source of life in Sudan.

• The Nile has more living things in it that anywhere else in Sudan.

• The Nile reminded Salva of his mother.

What effect does this simile have on the reader?

"It was like music, the sound of Akeer's laugh."

• Akeer's laugh sounded like music.

• Nya thought Akeer was singing.

• Akeer's laugh was loud like music.

• Akeer's laugh made Nya happy.

What effect does this imagery have?

"He felt as though he were standing on the edge of a giant hole- a hole filled with the black despair of nothingness."

• It shows us Salva found a big hole with nothing in it.

• It shows us the depth of Salva's feelings.

• It shows us Salva is in danger.

• It shows us Salva is afraid to continue his journey.

What is the effect of this simile:

"The frigid air hit Salva's face like a slap."

• It's really cold.

• Salva does not want to begin his new life in America.

• Salva feels the hostility of the people towards him.

• The newness of his Salva's life is painful and surprising,

What does the sensory language in paragraph 23 show about Salva’s feelings toward the rebels?

"Salva froze. All he could see was the gun’s huge barrel, black and gleaming, as it moved toward his face."

• It reveals how Salva feels threatened by them.

• It reveals Salva’s anger at them

• It reveals Salva’s respect for them

• It reveals how different Salva is from them.

"Salva felt his knees turn to water. He closed his eyes."

The figurative language in paragraph 25 helps the reader understand that Salva feels —

• discomfort

• exhaustion

• fear

• sickness