Definitions
This is a direct comparison not using the words like or as.
What is a metaphor?
An example of this is: "For a second, all he heard was the whusssh of empty air waves." -Hatchet, Chapter 2
What is an example of onomatopoeia?
An example of this is: "... he took air like a whale..." -Hatchet, Chapter 18
An example of this is: "... the engine coughed, roared violently for a second and died." -Hatchet, Chapter 2
What is an example of personification?
An example of this is: "'Arrrgghhh!' He yelled it, choked on it, a snarl-cry of rage at his own carelessness." - Hatchet, Chapter 18
What is an example of onomatopoeia?
This is a comparison using the words like or as.
What is a simile?
An example of this is: "The sparks poured like a golden waterfall." -Hatchet, Chapter 9
What is an example of a simile?
An example of this is: "'Tchaaak!' It was as if a balloon has exploded." -Hatchet, Chapter 18
What is an example of onomatopoeia?
An example of this is: "A hungry friend, but a good one. I have a friend named fire." -Hatchet, Chapter 9
What is an example of personification?
An example of this is: "'Ecch...' It had a greasy, almost oily taste, but it was still an egg." -Hatchet, Chapter 10
What is an example of onomatopoeia?
This is when you give a non-human thing human characteristics or traits.
What is personification?
An example of this is: "The bag fought him. It was almost as if it didn't want to leave the plane."
What is an example of personification?
An example of this is: "... the sun had come over him and cooked him while he slept." -Hatchet, Chapter 5
What is an example of personification?
An example of this is: "He started raking back with his arms at his sides, like paddles..." -Hatchet, Chapter 18
What is an example of a simile?
An example of this is: "He started to move, ever so slowly; her head turned and her back hair went up-like the hair on an angry dog." -Hatchet, Chapter 16
What is an example of a simile?
This is a sound word.
What is onomatopoeia?
"... he didn't even notice the mosquitoes that tore into him like a gray, angry cloud." -Hatchet, Chapter 18
What is an example of a simile?
An example of this is: "It was wind, wind like the sound of a train." -Hatchet, Chapter 16
What is an example of a simile?
An example of this is: "He was whipped against the front wall of the shelter like a rag."
What is an example of a simile?
An example of this is: "There were tall pines, the kind with no limbs until very close to the tops, with a gentle breeze sighing in them..." -Hatchet, Chapter 6
What is an example of personification?
This is an over-exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
An example of this is: "... inside the birdcage of formers and cables." -Hatchet, Chapter 18
What is an example of a metaphor?
An example of this is: "The sound wanted him." -Hatchet, Chapter 16
An example of this is: "The pilot seemed more machine than a man, an extension of the plane." -Hatchet, Chapter 1
What is an example of a metaphor?
DAILY DOUBLE
An example of this is: "... he would have to take a pull of water, take it into his lungs and just as he opened his mouth to take it in, to pull in all the water in the lake, his head blew out of the surface and into the light." -Hatchet Chapter 18
What is an example of a hyperbole?