Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
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"It was so cold that if you were stupid enough to go outside your eyes would automatically blink a thousand times all by themselves..." page 1
What is a hyperbole?
100
"...or were looking at me like I was a six-legged dog." page 22.
What is a simile?
100
"...yakking a mile a minute..." page 34
What is hyperbole?
100
''...like Joey was her own little oven.'' page 48
What is simile?
100
"...sounding like the little engine that thought it could." page 74
What is simile?
200
"...but it still felt like Jack Frost moved in with us." page 1
What is simile or hyperbole?
200
"...all the kids had their faces twisted up..." page 22.
What is personification?
200
"Bang! Squirrel Stew tonight!" page 35
What is onomatopoeia?
200
"...with me moving around like one foot was nailed to the porch." page 50
What is simile?
200
"Glub, glub glub."
What is onomatopoeia?
300
"...he had more knots and bumps on his head than a dinosaur." page 4
What is metaphor?
300
"...takin' him around like a circus freak." page 25.
What is a simile?
300
"...dead as a donut." page 39
What is simile?
300
''Lemme!" Whack! "See!" Whack! "Them!" Whack! "Gloves!" Whack! "Young!" Whack! "Fool!" WhackWhackWhack!''
What is onomatopoeia?
300
"The whole upstairs smelled like a giant match..." page 66
What is simile?
400
"Laughing only encouraged dad to cut up more..." page 4
What is imagery?
400
"...he was smiling a mile a minute." page 29.
What is a hyperbole?
400
"Maybe it was a lot easier for a bunch of angels to get a million dinosaurs to heaven then it was to get the saver of the whole world." page 41
What is hyperbole?
400
"...Byron was the Indians circling, waiting to attack." page 50
What is metaphor?
400
"Momma's horrible snake-woman voice came out again..." page 73
What is metaphor?
500
"... heard it's colder than inside an icebox." page 5
What is metaphor?
500
"...country corn flake..." page 30.
What is a metaphor?
500
"Momma's throat choking peanut butter sandwich..." page 34
What is imagery?
500
"I bet we looked like the solar system..." page 51
What is simile?
500
"Momma's voice got strange, hissing like a snake." page 68
What is simile?
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