Characters
Mr. Freeman is ugly. Big old grasshopper body, like a stilt-walking circus guy. Nose like a credit card sunk between his eyes.
Simile
The suburbs or their inhabitants viewed collectively.
A. Blathers
B. Suburbia
C. Integral
D. Wan
B. Suburbia
I stand in the center aisle of the auditorium, a wounded zebra in a National Geographic special, looking for someone, anyone, to sit next to.
Metaphor
Not clearly visible or attracting attention.
A. Blathers
B. Suburbia
C. Inconspicuous
D. Integral
Mom loves doing the things that other people are afraid of. She could have been a snake handler.
Hyperbole
The practice of restraining from doing something.
A. Errant
B. Abstience
C. Inconspicuous
D. Wan
All her clothes wait patiently on hangers, organized by type—skirts together, pants hanging by their cuffs, her sweaters stacked in plastic bags on shelves. The room screams Heather.
Personification
Straying from the proper course of standards.
A. Gelatinos
B. Reconstituted
C. Integral
D. Errant
I glue the bones to a block of wood, arranging the skeleton like a museum exhibit. I find knives and forks in the odds-'n'-ends bin and glue them so it looks like they are attacking the bones.
Symbolism
Essential/necessary to make something complete.
A. Integral
B. Wan
C. Suburbia
D. Dryad