"Jeffrey fell to his knees. He and Amanda and the suitcase were like a rock in a stream; the school-goers just flowed to the left and right around them." THIS SIMILE WAS LIKELY USED BECAUSE...

"Finsterwald's backyard was a graveyard of tennis balls and baseballs and footballs and Frisbees and model airplanes and one-way boomerangs." WHAT TYPE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IS THIS?

"Finsterwald's backyard was a graveyard of tennis balls and baseballs and footballs and Frisbees and model airplanes and one-way boomerangs." THE AUTHOR COMPARES THE BACKYARD TO A GRAVEYARD BECAUSE ..

"And why no kid on a snow day would ever shovel that sidewalk, not for a zillion dollars." WHAT FORM OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IS USED?

"He's paralyzed, a mouse in front of the yawning maw of a python." WHAT TYPE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IS THIS?

"Another one hears it. A faint, tiny noise. A rattling. A chittering. A chattering. And getting louder - yes - chattering teeth." THE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE USED HERE IS ...

"Unfortunately, he chose to put Arnold down at the one spot in town as bad as Finsterwald's backyard - namely, Finsterwald's front steps. When Arnold came to and discovered this, he took off like a horsefly from a swatter." THE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE USED IS ..

"They waited a pretty long time, but they figured, well, McNab's wizz probably would last longer than a regular kid's. Might even make the creek rise." THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ..

Which word in the excerpt is an example of onomatopoeia?

"And how he came to be called Maniac. The town was buzzing. The schools were buzzing. Hallways. Lunchrooms. Streets. "

"No," said Maniac, "I don't think I am bad. I'm not saying I'm an angel, either. Not even real good. Somewhere in between I guess." THIS INCLUDES AN EXAMPLE OF ...

When you call someone an angel, you really mean that ..

It was a hot day in August. It was so hot, if you stood still too long in the vacant lot, the sun bouncing off a chunk of broken glass or metal could fry a patch on your hide. THIS IS ANY EXAMPLE OF ...

Which statement has an example of alliteration?

To the ordinary person, Cobble's Knot was about as friendly as a nest of yellow jackets. THIS INCLUDES AN EXAMPLE OF ...

And then, around dinnertime, a huge roar went up, a volcano of cheers. Cobble's Knot was dead. Undone. Gone. It was nothing but string. WHICH PART OF THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF PERSONIFICATION?

Traffic had to beep and inch through the mob. Kids cried for autographs. Scraps of paper fluttered down in a shower of homemade confetti. WHICH WORD IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONOMATOPOEIA?