Esperanza Rising Ch 4-6 and Figurative Language

What type of figure of speech is "Clicketta, clicketta" used to describe the train sound in Chapter 4 Las Guayabas?

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What type of figure of speech is comparing life to mountains and valleys? p.51

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What type of figure of speech is describing Esperanza's doll from Papa saying "she looks like an angel? p.28

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What type of figure of speech is describing "the fire's anger could not be contained?" p.42

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What type of figure of speech is describing Esperanza wanting to "pull away" from Sylvia's dirty hand? p.111

• oxymoron

• allusion

• alliteration

• cliche

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What type of figure of speech is describing Marta calling Esperanza "Cinderella" when she did not know how to sweep?

• oxymoron

• allusion

• alliteration

• cliche

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What type of figure of speech is describing the scenery as "brown, barren mountains?" p.90

• oxymoron

• allusion

• alliteration

• cliche

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What type of figure of speech is describing Esperanza pricking her finger with a rose thorn as "bad luck?" p.8

• oxymoron

• allusion

• alliteration

• cliche

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What type of figure of speech is describing Esperanza tragedies as being only a few weeks but "seems like a lifetime ago?" p.51

• hyperbole

• idiom

• verbal irony

• cliche

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CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4

What type of figure of speech is describing Esperanza telling Miguel that they "stand on different sides of the river?" p.37

• hyperbole

• idiom

• verbal irony

• cliche

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RL.6.4