Hatchet Figurative Language

a comparison of two things WITHOUT the use of like or as

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

giving characteristics of a person to an animal or object

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

a well-known expression not meant to be taken literally

• metaphor

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The drone and the sea of green trees that lay before the plane's nose and flowed to the horizon, spread with lakes, swamps, and wandering streams and rivers.

• metaphor

• idiom

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

... and now a jolt took him like a hammerblow.  This is an example of what type of figurative language?

• metaphor

• alliteration

• simile

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Here the trees were not all the way down but twisted and snapped off halfway up from the ground, so their tops were all down and rotted and gone, leaving the snags poking into the sky like broken teeth." (p. 68) What kind of figurative language is being used? (a)   ​

• simile

• hyperbole

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

In the book, while Brian is running towards the fire to signal the plane, the book describes his legs as "liquid springs." What do you think this means?

• Brian stops running because he is hopeless.

• Brian is bouncing like a bunny trying to get to the plane.

• Brian's legs stopped working because they turned to liquid.

• Brian's legs are like springs because he is running so fast and hard.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

What is this an example of:
"The drone and the sea of green trees that lay before the plane's nose..." (p.2)

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

The pilot seemed more a machine than a man, an extension of the plane.

• metaphor

• idiom

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

Those were the normal things he would say, but her voice had a sound like something thin that would break if you touched it.

• personification

• idiom

• irony

• simile

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3