Figurative Language for "Through the Tunnel" & "The Seventh Man"

What type of figurative language gives human characteristics to nonhuman things or inanimate objects?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

What type of figurative language uses compares two unrelated things, typically by stating that one thing is another?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

What type of figurative language uses exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Alliteration

• Hyperbole

What type of figurative language uses the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind by using the words like or as?

• Personification

• SImile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

What type of figurative language is used in the following line? "The wave had a strange, almost human shape to it."

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

• Alliteration

Which of the following best describes the author’s use of the wave throughout the story?

• It is a literal event with no symbolic meaning

• It is a symbol of nature’s beauty

• It is a metaphor for uncontrollable trauma and fear

• It represents the narrator’s love for the sea

What does the recurring image of K.’s face in the wave most likely symbolize?

• K.’s supernatural powers

• The narrator’s guilt and memory

• A real ghost haunting the narrator

• A warning from nature

Which line contains a simile?

• A. “The wind howled through the trees like a living creature.”

• B. “The sea swallowed everything.”

• C. “The sky wept.”

• D. “The wave danced and twisted.”

Why might Murakami use personification when describing the wave?

• To make it more scientifically accurate

• To add humor to the story

• To portray the wave as an enemy or living threat

• To distract the reader from the plot

6. Identify an example of figurative language from *The Seventh Man* and briefly explain its effect.

• "The wave swallowed everything in its path" is a metaphor that shows the overwhelming power of the wave.

• "The sky was blue" is a simile that compares the sky to the ocean.

• "He ran as fast as he could" is personification that gives human qualities to running.

• "The sand was hot" is hyperbole that exaggerates the temperature of the sand.