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- 1. Multiple Choice
What type of figurative language is in the example from Fish in a Tree?:
"Oliver laughs, throwing himself on his desk like it's a fumbled football." (Hunt 1)
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Idiom
- 2. Multiple Choice
What type of figurative language is in the example from Fish in a Tree?:
"Teachers are like the machines that take quarters for bouncy balls. You know what you're going to get. Yet, you don't know, too." (Hunt 2)
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
- 3. Multiple Choice
What does the metaphor below from Fish in a Tree mean?
'"Ally? Did you say no?' he asks, without being mad.
"I turn myself to stone." (Hunt 40)
She stops moving.
She stops showing any feeling.
She has dry skin.
She put on armor.
- 4. Multiple Choice
What type of figurative language is in the example from Fish in a Tree?:
"Mr. Daniels asks for volunteers to go first. Shock of the century when Shay raises her hand." (Hunt 43)
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
Personification
- 5. Multiple Choice
What do the simile below from Fish in a Tree mean?
"I like hearing about the story. But asking me to read them would be like asking a lobster to play tennis." (Hunt 53)
She isn't good at tennis.
She doesn't like eating lobster.
She can't hold onto the books.
She feels uncomfortable reading.
- 6. Multiple Choice
What types of figurative language is in the example from Fish in a Tree?:
"On no. She thinks I'm a barrel full of crazy, but I keep going because sometimes my tongue goes on without my say-so." (Hunt 59)
Simile and metaphor
Metaphor and personification
Personification and idiom
Simile and idiom
- 7. Multiple Choice
What makes the sentence below from Fish in a Tree a simile?
"...it makes her feel heavy and angry. Like she's dragging a concrete block around all of the time." (Hunt 69)
It compares her feeling to dragging concrete.
It says the word "like"
It gives extra qualities to the concrete block.
It's way over the top.
- 8. Multiple Choice
What type of figurative language is in the example from Fish in a Tree?:
"Shay is making fun of Albert because his clothes don't fit. 'What's with the pants, Albert?' she says. 'Did you get that outfit in the third grade?'
Keisha whips around fast. 'Why do you always try to pull people down?' she asks."' (Hunt 71)
Personification
Simile
Idiom
Hyperbole
- 9. Multiple Choice
What does the metaphor below from Fish in a Tree mean?
"For the spring concert last year, before I had a growth spurt, I had to stand in the front row. I like when Travis called me a dime among pennies." (Hunt 71)
She's really shiny.
She's worth more.
She is smaller than other kids.
She grows really fast.
- 10. Multiple Choice
How does the simile below from Fish in a Tree help you as a reader?
"Dark red ribbons that wind around the stems like a barbershop light pole." (Hunt 72)
It makes it more confusing.
It helps you hear the characters voice.
It helps you visualize the ribbons.
It makes you think about a barbershop.
- 11. Multiple Choice
What types of figurative language are being used in the example below from Fish in a Tree?
"'Look. You know I'd love to help you out, but the whole school thing...It's like asking a blind man to drive a bus. Besides,' he says, sipping again, 'I'd rather eat a bag of hair."' (Hunt 84)
Simile & Metaphor
Personification & Metaphor
Simile & Hyperbole
Metaphor & Metaphor
- 12. Multiple Choice
What type of figurative language is used in the example from Fish in a Tree?
"If it's there, it's probably as hard as concrete." (Hunt 85)
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Idiom
- 13. Multiple Choice
What type of figurative language is used in the example from Fish in a Tree?
"She cuts the cupcake in half and shows me that it says Wow inside." (Hunt 86)
Simile
Personification
Metaphor
Hyperbole
- 14. Multiple Choice
What makes the example below from Fish in a Tree a simile?
"The boys are as excited as if they've heard there would be free pizza delivered, too." (Hunt 86)
It says "like" and compares two things
It says "as" and compares two things
It is over the top exaggeration
It is giving the boys extra characteristics
- 15. Multiple Choice
What type of figurative language is used in the example from Fish in a Tree?
"I stare at the letters and watch them dance and move on the bright white page." (Hunt 89)
Hyperbole
Idiom
Metaphor
Personification
- 16. Multiple Choice
What are the two things being compared in the simile from Fish in a Tree?
"People act like the words 'slow reader' tell them everything that's inside. Like I'm a can of soup and they can just read the list of ingredients and know everything about me." (Hunt 95)
Ally and slow reader
Ally and a can of soup
A book and a list of ingredients
People and soup
- 17. Multiple Choice
Based on the simile from Fish in a Tree what can you infer that Shay was feeling?
"I cringe when I think of Shay's face. Total surprise followed by looking at me like I was a disease on two feet." (Hunt 107)
Amazed
Scared
Excited
Disgusted
- 18. Multiple Choice
What type of figurative language is being used in the example from Fish in a Tree?
"More people ought to put that girl in her place. She walks all over everybody." (Hunt 107)
Idiom
Personification
Simile
Hyperbole
- 19. Multiple Choice
What type of figurative language is being used in the example from Fish in a Tree?
"Words That Breathe" (Hunt 122)
Metaphor
Personification
Hyperbole
Idiom
- 20. Multiple Choice
What does the simile from Fish in a Tree mean?
"Like he's handing me a flashlight in a dark room." (Hunt 123)
He is turning on the lights.
He is helping her through a hard time.
He is giving her a gift.
He is helping her see better.
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