Read the following example from 'Summer of the Mariposas' Chapters 1-2: The dead man looked like a giant, water-logged, voodoo doll. What type of figurative language is used in this example?

Read the following example from 'Summer of the Mariposas' Chapters 1-2: La Llorona's hair flowed out like black tentacles of a sea monster. What type of figurative language is used in this example?

Read the following example from 'Summer of the Mariposas' Chapters 1-2: She was thin and ghostly, like a wisp of smoke at the end of a long exhale. What type of figurative language is used in this example?

What type of figurative language is used in the following example from Chapter 3? 'La Llorona's face was like a curious kitten.'

What type of figurative language is used in the following example from Chapter 3? 'Velia's negative comments slide right off her back like cold butter off a warm tortilla.'

What type of figurative language is used in the following example from Chapter 3? 'The dead man's daughters' faces were like dried up pieces of fruit, desiccated human faces...'

What type of figurative language is used in the following example from Chapter 4? 'The Customs official was older than the moon.'

What type of figurative language is used in the following example? 'Odilia looked like a gypsy, a rebel with an eye for fashion.' (Chapter 4)

What type of figurative language is used in the following example? 'The girls felt as helpless as newborns in the dark.' (Chapter 5)

What type of figurative language is used in the following example? 'He's flour from a different sack.' (Chapter 6)

What type of figurative language is used in the following example? 'Too much cream spoils the tacos, so just keep it simple.' (Chapter 6)

What type of figurative language is used in the following example? 'Pita was... nervous as a little mouse sitting precariously on the edge of a wooden trap.' (Chapter 7)

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence: 'The car had finally given up the ghost.' (Chapter 7)?

What does the metaphor 'We'd made pigs of ourselves (eating Cecilia's food).' (Chapter 8) mean?

In the sentence 'I'd dress you up like pretty little China dolls.' (Chapter 8), what is being compared?

What type of figurative language is used in the following quote:

"Velia slid back into her seat like a turtle trying to get back in its shell."

"She usually wails louder than a smoke alarm." is an example of what kind of figurative language?

"The waters here were dark and angry, almost violent - nothing like our friendly swimming holes," is an example of what kind of figurative language?