Figurative Language
Fig. Language in Home of the Brave
All About Kek
Home of the Brave Vocabulary
Supporting Characters
100
A comparison using like or as is called a 

What is a simile 

100

The cold is like claws on my skin.

What is a simile 

100

Kek is a refugee from which African country?

What is Sudan
100

A person who flees their country because of war is called 

What is a refugee

100

Kek's Aunt Nyatal and Cousin Ganwar live in what state?

What is Minnesota

200

A comparison that doesn't use like or as is called 

What is a metaphor 

200

We cannot carry much with us, and so our stories don't make their homes in heavy books.

What is personification

200

Kek's biggest unanswered question/strongest hope

What is if his mother is alive

200

A person who is hopeful about the future is called: 

What is an optimist 

200

The name of the "helping man" who works for the refugee resettlement center

Who is Dave

300

An exaggeration in a poem or story is called 

What is hyperbole 

300

I run my hand over covers softer than a calf's new coat.

What is a metaphor

300

Name three things that are new to Kek in America

What are airplanes, snow, light switches, thermostats, keys, indoor toilets (must have 3)

300

Another word for a hug

What is an embrace

300

Kek describes him as the best singer in the village 

Who is his father, Dak

400

When an object is given human like characteristics, this is called 

Personification 
400

His car is red and it coughs and burps when he tries to make it go.

What is personification 

400

Kek and his people consider this animal to be sacred

What are cows/cattle

400

A facial expression showing dislike or displeasure

What is a scowl

400

This happened to Ganwar before leaving Africa because of the war

What is he lost his hand

500

A phrase or saying that has a different meaning than its literal translation is called 

An idiom 

500

I wonder if I will ever understand, even if Dave stands here pointing and talking forever. 

What is hyperbole

500

Kek carries this in his pocket

What is a blue and yellow cloth from the camp

500

To walk through relatively shallow water

What is to wade

500

Lual

Who is Kek's older brother who dies in the war

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