Figurative Language
What is "a ravenous beast?"
This word suggests gently persuading or encouraging growth.
What is "coax?"
Another word for "irregularity" from the text.
What is "anomaly?"
This word suggests a small but potent beginning.
What is "spark?"
Another way of saying "offense" as used in the text.
What is "affront?"
This simile highlights the fragility and ineffectiveness of the sunlight.
What is "its rays as weak as a newborn calf?"
This word reveals a character's nervousness or fear through dialogue.
What is "trepidation?"
Another word for "insatiable" from the text.
What is "voracious?"
This phrase conveys a connotation of strangeness and terror.
This phrase emphasizes the chaotic and frightening nature of a noise.
This simile adds a sense of mystery and eeriness to the description of the alien ships.
The use of this word suggests that something happened sudden and heavily.
What is "silence finally fell?"
Another word for "unbeatable" from the text.
What is "indomitable?"
This phrase has a connotation of being alive and dynamic.
What is "pulsing with otherworldly energy?"
This word suggests a quick, energetic bounce-back.
What is "sprang?"
This metaphor is used to describe Frank's radio repair.
This phrase suggests that a character is allowing no opposition.
What is "brooking no argument?"
A word meaning "advancing" as it is used in the text.
What is "encroaching?"
This phrase suggests suffocation.
This description implies that Frank is energetic and eager for action.
What is "like a stallion in a too-small corral?"
This simile suggests that Ruth is effective and quick at sewing.
This phrase suggests a gloomy atmosphere or mood.
What is "a pall as oppressive as the dust?"
Another way to say "radiating" as used in the text.
What is "emanating?"
This word carries the connotation of conquered and civilized.
What is "tamed?"
This word most closely means "filled with."
What is "fraught?"