All Summer in a Day Figurative Language

The children pressed to each other like so many roses, so many weeds, intermixed, peering out for a look at the hidden sun.

• alliteration

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

"All day yesterday they had read in class about the sun. About how like a lemon it was, and how hot."

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

“...her waiting silence, her thinness, and her possible future”

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

“... and if she spoke at all her voice would be a ghost.”

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

Which type of figurative language is demonstrated here?

"But then they always

awoke to the tatting drum, the endless

shaking down of clear bead necklaces upon

the roof, the walk, the gardens, the forests,

and their dreams were gone."

• simile comparing the rain to other noisy objects (drums, falling beads)

• metaphor comparing the rain to other noisy objects (drums, falling beads)

• personification--giving the rain the ability to play drums or wear jewelry

How does the figurative language in this sentence impact the meaning?

• Bradbury appeals to the reader’s sense of smell to emphasize the scent of morning rain.

• Bradbury appeals to the reader’s sense of hearing to emphasize the endless sound of rain.

• Bradbury appeals to the reader’s sense of sight to emphasize the gathering of drummers.

• Bradbury appeals to the reader’s sense of touch to emphasize the children’s amazement.

What kind of figurative language is this?

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Allusion

The following figurative language from All Summer in a Day is an example of---

"The children pressed to each other like so many roses, so many weeds..."

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personfication

Which figurative language is demonstrated here?"The children pressed to each other like so many roses, so many weeds, intermixed, peering out for a look at the hidden sun."

• Simile comparing children to flowers packed closely together

• Metaphor comparing children to flowers packed closely together

• Personification--the flowers were "looking" for the sun.

In the story, the author uses figurative language often. What is this an example of? "They stood as if someone had driven them, like so many stakes, into the floor."

• metaphor

• simile

• personification