Friday, December 5, 2008

Figurative Language:

What examples of figurative language and sound effects can you find in the book? Quote the example, give a page #, and label the type.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

"My breakfast turns to hydrochloric acid in my stomach"- pg 117

"I sit like I have an egg in my mouth. on move, one word and theegg will shatter and blow up the world."
gh 117

Anonymous said...

"My heart clangs like a fire bell." Page 71. This could be an onomatopoeia, because of the word clang, a simile because of the comparison of her heart and the bell, or a hyperbole, because of the exaggeration.

Anonymous said...

the first figurative language i put up was a metaphore, and the secand one was a hperbole, and a similie

Anonymous said...

"It's a fashion graveyard." Page 124. I think this is a metaphor.

Unknown said...

"Tree:"Hush rustle chitachita shhhh...""-p.167 onomatopoeia. "It is easier to floss with barbed wire than admit you like someone in middle school."-p.108 metaphor. "It's always supposed to be there, like milk in the refrigerator or God."-p.98 simile.