Figurative Language
What is a simile
The cold is like claws on my skin is an example of
A simile
Kek is a refugee from which African country?
A person who flees their country because of war is called
What is a refugee
Kek's Aunt Nyatal and Cousin Ganwar live in what state?
What is Minnesota
A comparison that doesn't use like or as is called
What is a metaphor
"The boys will eat you alive" said Ganwar.
What is an idiom
Name two things that Kek tries for the first time in America.
What are cookies, chocolate milk, fries, using a washing machine, etc..
A person who is hopeful and optimistic about the future is called:
What is an optimist
What is the name of the old woman who owns the farm?
Who is Lou
An exaggeration in a poem or story is called
What is hyperbole
The snow and muck yank at my boots
What is personification
How does Kek think chocolate milk is made?
What is he thinks it comes from brown cows
A place that helps refugees settle into the United States is called
What is a refugee resettlement center
What are the names of Kek's teachers?
Who are Mrs. Hernandez and Mr. Franklin
When an object is given human like characteristics, this is called
His car is red and it coughs and burps when he tries to make it go
What is personification
According to Kek and his people (the Nuer tribe of Sudan) this animal is considered sacred, and is even used as currency.
What are cows/cattle
My aunt had looked so weary. i wonder how I can help.
What does weary mean?
What is tired; exhausted
What do Kek and Hannah have in common?
A phrase or saying that has a different meaning than its literal translation is called
An idiom
You'll see Dave, Kek finds sun when the sky is dark
Ah, says Dave, an optimist
I look away - I cannot find any sun today I think
What is a metaphor
What does Kek carry in his pocket
What is a blue and yellow cloth
Six scars that represent manhood, according to the Nuer people
What is the Gaar
What is the name of the man who works for the refugee resettlement center
Who is Dave