Out of the Dust Figurative Language

What type of figurative language compares two unlike things using like or as?

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• imagery

What two things are being compared in the following simile?

"On Sunday,/winds came,/ bringing a red dust/ like prairie fire" (Hesse 46).

• fire and winds

• winds and dust

• prairie and fire

• dust and fire

What is the figurative meaning of the following simile? What does it really mean?

"It wasn't until the dust turned toward the house,/ like a fired locomotive,/ and I fled,/ barefoot and breathless, back inside" (Hesse 32).

• This simile means that the dust came toward the house very forcefully.

• This simile means that the dust blew gently toward the house.

• This simile means that the dust was in the shape of a train as it blew toward the house.

• This simile means that the train conductor blew his horn as a warning that the dust was coming.

What type of figurative language gives human qualities to something that is not human?

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• imagery

What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence?

"it wasn't until the dust/ hissed against the windows" (Hesse 32).

• metaphor

• imagery

• personification

• simile

How does the poet use personification in the following lines from "Fields of Flashing Light"?

"The night sky kept flashing,/ lightening danced down on its spindly legs" (Hesse 31).

• The poet gives the lightening human qualities to show how the lightening was striking all around her.

• The poet gives the night human qualities to show how dark the sky looked.

• The poet gives the legs human qualities to show how they were dancing.

• The poet gives the sky human qualities to show how beautiful the night sky looked.

What type of figurative language compares two unlike things by saying one thing is another? (does NOT use like or as)

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• imagery

What is the figurative meaning of the following metaphor? What does it really mean?

"That is/ heaven./ How supremely/heaven/playing piano/can be" (Hesse 14).

• Playing piano makes Billie Jo feel dead.

• Billie Jo truly loves playing piano.

• Playing piano makes Billie Jo want to go to heaven.

• Billie Jo hears angels playing the piano from heaven.

Which piece of evidence from the novel is the best example of imagery? (Which one paints a picture in your mind?)

• "She isn't much to look at,/so long and skinny,/her teeth poor,/her dark hair always needing a wash..." (Hesse 24).

• "I'm not half so good with my crazy playing/as she is with her fine tunes..." (Hesse 25).

• "The stove clanked in the corner/ as Mr. Hardly filled Ma's order" (Hesse 18).

• "We haven't had a good crop in three years,/not since the bounty of '31" (Hesse 16).