Novel Study: Figurative Language

The “mob trapped me in its belly” is a metaphor showing the crowd is like a _____________.

• animal

• simile

• personification

• hunter

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

The author writes, “the walls began to spin in slow circles, like a merry-go-round.” Which device is used here?

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• personification

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Why do you think the author uses similes and metaphors to describe difficult situations, instead of just telling what happened?

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

  William says his stomach “howled in anguish.” This is an example of _____________.

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Choose one example of figurative language from the text and explain what it helps you understand about William’s feelings or experiences.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3