Similes & Metaphors
Personification
Hyperbole
Allusion & Symbolism
MIXED!!
100

“The sun was like a giant flame in the sky.” What type of figurative language is this?

Simile

100

What is personification?

Giving human traits to nonhuman things

100

What is hyperbole?

An extreme exaggeration

100

What is an allusion?

A reference to something well-known (story, myth, etc.)

100

Identify the figurative language: “The desert swallowed the sound.”

Personification

200

In Holes, Stanley’s day is compared to “digging forever.” What is this an example of?

Metaphor

200

“The holes seemed to stare back at him.” What is personified?

The holes

200

“He thought he’d been digging for a million years.” What’s exaggerated?

The length of time

200

In Holes, the Yelnats curse is an allusion to what idea?

Fate, family curses, or karma

200

Identify the figurative language: “His hope was a balloon that popped.”

Metaphor
300

Why might the author compare the desert to an oven?

To show how unbearably hot and uncomfortable it is

300

Why would the author use personification to describe the landscape?

To make the setting feel alive or threatening

300

Why do authors use hyperbole?

To emphasize strong feelings or show humor

300

The onions and water in Sam’s story symbolize what?

Healing, hope, and survival

300

Identify the figurative language: “Stanley felt like a snail under the sun.”

Similie

400

Identify the simile: “He felt as tired as a worn-out shovel.”

“As tired as a worn-out shovel.”

400

Identify the personification: “The shovel begged for a break.”

The shovel

400

Create a hyperbole describing the heat at Camp Green Lake.

NA

400

“God’s thumb” is symbolic of what?

Protection

400

Identify the figurative language: “He was so hungry he could eat a mountain.”

Hyperbole

500

Create your own metaphor describing how Stanley feels at Camp Green Lake.

Answers vary (ex: “Stanley was a cactus—dry, prickly, and still standing.”)

500

Write your own personification about something in the desert.

NA

500

How does exaggeration help readers imagine Stanley’s exhaustion?

It helps them feel how endless and tiring the work is

500

What do the holes symbolize?

digging for truth

500

500Identify the figurative language: “The curse followed the Yelnats family like a shadow.”

Simile & Symbolism