Maniac Magee Part II Figurative Language

Explain this quote: "...his aunt and uncle as silent and lifeless as the mammoth bird they gnawed on."

• Maniac's Aunt Dot and Uncle Dan loved to talk to each other.

• On Thanksgiving, Maniac's aunt and uncle did not talk.

• Maniac's aunt and uncle did not eat turkey on Thanksgiving.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Identify the example of figurative language. "Maniac's and Grayson's noses ran like faucets."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

Identify the example of figurative language: "[The kids flocked home like birds scattering from a tree.]"

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

Identify the example of figurative language: "His clothes were scraps, rags."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Identify the example of figurative language: "The two bison, staring...seemed to say Well, do something."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Identify the example of figurative language: "They huddled behind him like babies on a possum's back."

• simile

• metphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Identify the example of figurative language: "[Winter toyed with Two Mills, tickled its chin, and kicked it in the stomach]."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3