Figurative Lang. Def.
Giving human attributes to something that is nonhuman.
What is personification?
POP!!! POP!!!
Onomatopoeia
Small; insignificant.
Dinky
The author of the novel.
Jerry Spinelli
Protagonist of the novel.
Crash
A comparison using. "like" or "as"
Simile
He is as cunning as a fox.
Simile
A stupid person
Moron
People with religion beliefs in pacifism and refusal to use guns.
Quakers
Materialistic boy who enjoys bullying.
Mike DeLuca
Any description that involves one or more of the five senses
Sensory Imagery
Please put away your paints and practice the piano.
Alliteration
Staring openly and stupidly
Gawking
A famous Quaker Penn Webb is REALLY named after.
William Penn.
A new vegetarian who is "into" the environment.
Abby Coogan
A short and striking or memorable phrase used in advertising.
Slogan
She's as skinny as a toothpick.
Hyperbole
Behavior involving physical force intended to hurt,
Violence
What the mall represents to Mrs. Coogan.
A job OR a type of commission for property sales.
Ran the Penn Relays many years ago.
Penn's great-grandfather
Words or phrases that aren't meant to be taken literally
Idiom
Life's a roller-coaster.
Metaphor
Fooled or cheated
Bamboozled
One President who was a Quaker.
Herbert Hoover OR Richard Nixon
Spends little time with his son.
Mr. Coogan