Esperanza Rising Figurative Language

What example of Figurative Language is this quote: “Papa’s heart would find us wherever we go.”

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

What example of Figurative Language is this quote: “…and pricked her finger on a vicious thorn.”

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Answer explanation

Personification is giving something qualities that it does not have or making it seem human.

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“She could hear it, too. The beat rushing in her ears. Shoomp, shoomp, shoomp.”

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

Onomatopoeia is words that are used to describe a sound.

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“Isabel…rolled it up like a cigar…”

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Answer explanation

A simile says two things are alike by using the words "like" or "as."

What figurative language is being used in the text?

" Wait a little while and the fruit will fall into your hands." pg 223

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

It had taken every day of three weeks to put the harvest to bed and now everyone anticipated the celebration. What type of figurative language is used?

• alliteration

• personification

• similie

• metaphor

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“Our land is alive…this whole valley breathes and lives…”

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Simile

Answer explanation

Personification is giving something qualities that it does not have or making it seem human.

What example of figurative language is this?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomotopoeia

"It gives us the grapes and then they welcome us." He gently touched a wild tendril that reached into the row, as if it had been waiting to shake his hand. Which type of figurative language does this line contain?

• personification

• metaphor

• repetition

• similie

What did Abuelita mean when she said "after many mountains and valleys we will be together?"

• Esperanza was going to have to sew a lot

• Esperanza was going to experience many highs and lows

• Esperanza was going to do a lot of physical climbing

• Esperanza was going to move a lot