Maniac Magee Part Two Figurative Language

"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." THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ...

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

• alliteration

"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." THIS SIMILE WAS LIKELY USED BECAUSE...

• everyone knows school kids like to wade in streams

• water flows around a rock and the students had to flow around Jeffrey and Amanda

• both books and rocks weigh a lot

• Jeffrey threw Amanda's books in the stream by the school.

"Finsterwald's backyard was a graveyard of tennis balls and baseballs and footballs and Frisbees and model airplanes and one-way boomerangs." WHAT TYPE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IS THIS?

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

• alliteration

"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." THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ..

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

• hyperbole

Which word in the excerpt is an example of onomatopoeia?

"And how he came to be called Maniac. The town was buzzing. The schools were buzzing. Hallways. Lunchrooms. Streets. "

• Maniac

• schools

• buzzing

• lunchrooms

• streets

"No," said Maniac, "I don't think I am bad. I'm not saying I'm an angel, either. Not even real good. Somewhere in between I guess." THIS INCLUDES AN EXAMPLE OF ...

• simile

• idiom

• hyperbole

• personification

• alliteration

To the ordinary person, Cobble's Knot was about as friendly as a nest of yellow jackets. THIS INCLUDES AN EXAMPLE OF ...

• 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