Identify the figurative language of the underlined words and/or phrases below:

“Cars come and go like frantic ants.” (p. 230)

Identify the figurative language of the underlined words and/or phrases below:

The sky is rich with stars, like fresh black dirt, sprinkled with tiny seeds.” (p. 210)

Identify the figurative language of the underlined words and/or phrases below:

“We take the bus to a swimming hole, shaped like a giant brick...For a while, you are a fish in a warm, pretending lake.” (p. 190)

Identify the figurative language of the underlined words and/or phrases below:

“She pushes another button, then-zoom- up we fly.” (p. 166)

Identify the figurative language of the underlined words and/or phrases below:

“In my old home, where death sneaks into your home in the hush of night, good-byes were a precious thing.” (p. 208)

Identify the figurative language of the underlined words and/or phrases below:

“The snow is getting smaller and grayer, like an old person whose time is past.” (p. 178).

Identify the figurative language of the underlined words and/or phrases below:

“Hunger is a wild dog gnawing on a dry bone, mad with impatience but hoping still.” (p. 150)

Identify the figurative language of the underlined words and/or phrases below:

“Maybe my words are broken like my aunt’s dishes, chips and shards that will not make a whole.” (p. 122)

Identify the figurative language of the underlined words and/or phrases below:

“I tell her of my father’s great herd, and how they would graze each day, walking for miles, the sun in our bones, the grass whispering its shy music.” (p. 136)

Identify the figurative language of the underlined words and/or phrases below:

“You need some time to get your feet wet.” (p. 108).

Identify the figurative language of the underlined words and/or phrases below:

“The kids will eat you alive.” (p. 60)

Identify the figurative language of the underlined words and/or phrases below:

“Still, though he could peck at me like a sharp-beaked bird, Lual know well how to make his little brother laugh.” (p. 38)

Identify the figurative language of the underlined words and/or phrases below:

“I want to say no, this cold is like claws on my skin!” (p. 3)

Identify the figurative language of the underlined words and/or phrases below:

“My machine begins to shake like a crazed dancer under a full moon.” (p. 97)

Identify the figurative language of the underlined words and/or phrases below:

“I see Lou’s house, the tree with its great brown arms outstretched, the sagging barn.” (p. 209)

Identify the figurative language of the underlined words and/or phrases below:

“After such a winter, summer comes like a present with a bow.” (p. 189).