Name the Figurative Language
Give an example of an onomatopoeia!
What is an onomatopoeia?
A sound word!
If it wanted to, the ocean could open its mouth and swallow him and no one in the whole wide world would ever know he was gone.
Personification
Who fell into the ocean that Isabel went after?
Senor Castillo!
Give an example of personification!
Must give something non-human a human quality!
What is a simile?
A comparison of two things using like or as.
“I see rocks!” someone at the front of the dinghy yelled, and there was a loud POOM!
Onomatopoeia
Why did Mahmoud get sent into the ocean while on the black raft?
Give an example of a simile!
Must compare two things using like or as!
What is a metaphor?
A comparison of two things saying that one thing is or was another
The tanker emerged from the darkness like some giant leviathan come to swallow them.
Simile
Why did Josef slap his father when standing in line?
To be sure they passed the medical examination and were let in!
Give an example of a metaphor!
Must compare two things- saying that one thing is/was another!
What is a personification?
Giving human-like qualities to something that is not human!
She kicked until her lungs were about to burst, and at last she exploded up into the cold air, gasping.
Hyperbole
Why did the Nazis ransack Josef's room on the ship?
Because of what Josef's father, Aaron, said at the funeral on the sea.
Give an example of a hyperbole!
Must make an extreme exaggeration!
What is a hyperbole?
An extreme exaggeration!
What if her life was a song?
Metaphor
Who did Lita reach for as she was pulled out to sea?
Lito and Isabel