Long Way Down Fig. Lang.

"My stomach jumped into my chest"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Assonance

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"Beef gets passed down like name brand T-shirts around here."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Assonace

• Alliteration

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

"special soap"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"Cops flashed lights in our faces and we turned to stone."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"The ground opened up and ate me."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

"almost grown cologne"

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• assonance

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

"Hanging over my brother's body like a dimmed light post."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"hiding from headlocks half the night"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

"Buck struck a match"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"It stopped Mom from scratching loose a river of wounds."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Assonance

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10