Maniac Magee Part II Figurative Language

Lying on a mattress gave him a weird feeling of slowly rising on a scoop of mashed potatoes.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

Jeffrey fell to his knees. He and Amanda and the suitcase were like a rock in a stream; the school-goers just flowed to the left and right around them.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

Finsterwald's backyard was a graveyard of tennis balls and baseballs and footballs and Frisbees and model airplanes and one-way boomerangs.

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

...no kid on a snow day would ever shovel that sidewalk, not for a zillion dollars.

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

When Arnold came to and discovered this, he took off like a horsefly from a swatter.

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

• hyperbole

They waited a pretty long time, but they figured, well, McNab's wizz probably would last longer than a regular kid's. Might even make the creek rise.

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

• hyperbole

It was a hot day in August. It was so hot, if you stood still too long in the vacant lot, the sun bouncing off a chunk of broken glass or metal could fry a patch on your hide.

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• hyperbole

• personification

To the ordinary person, Cobble's Knot was about as friendly as a nest of yellow jackets.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

• alliteration

And then, around dinnertime, a huge roar went up, a volcano of cheers. Cobble's Knot was dead. Undone. Gone. It was nothing but string. WHICH PART OF THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF PERSONIFICATION?

• a huge roar went up

• a volcano of cheers

• Cobble's Knot was dead

• nothing but string

It was so hot dogs were tripping on their own tongues.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Idiom