The Hunger Games Figurative Language

“Right now, it’s silent as a stone” (pg. 5).

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

“A thicket of berry bushes protects it from unwanted eyes” (pg. 6).

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

“The camera crews, perched like buzzards on rooftops, only add to the effect” (pg. 16).

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

“The pair last year ate everything with their hands like a couple of savages” (pg. 44).

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• onomatopoeia

“Only when she mounts the stage and they ask for volunteers, all you can hear is the wind whistling through the decrepit buildings around her” (pg. 45).

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• idiom

“…but I’ve stopped listening because his previous words are trapped in my head, thrashing desperately around” (pg. 344).

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

“The deafening roar rattles the metal under my feet” (pg. 360).

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

“Iʼm glad now I have Peeta to clutch for balance he is so steady, solid as a rock.”

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

“A thicket of berry bushes protects it from unwanted eyes.”

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

Identify the figurative language used in the sentence: 'The Capitol is a shining beacon of hope.'

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole