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Figurative Language Definitions
Figurative Language Examples
Characters
Plot 1
Plot 2
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Giving life-like quality to inanimate objects
Personification
100
Which type of figurative language is being used: "The waves sung me to sleep."
Personification
100
What is Ashley's brother's name?
Luke
100
What did the kids at the children's home recieve if they were being adopted?
A photo album
100
Does Ashley ever live with her mom again after she is taken away at three years old?
No, her mother's parental rights are terminated
200
Exaggeration for effect
Hyperbole
200
Which type of figurative language is being used: "Life is like a box of chocolates"
Simile
200
Who were the foster parents that treated their kids badly - abusing them with horrible punishments?
The Moss family
200
What happened to Ashley's Grandpa right before her and Luke were taken away from him and Adele?
He was shot in the head three times
200
What states did Ashley grow up in?
South Carolina Florida
300
What is the difference between simile and metaphor?
Simile - uses like or as Metaphor - uses is or was (or any other way of comparing without using like or as)
300
Which type of figurative language is being used: "Did you see how he won that competition? He was a beast!"
Metaphor
300
Who are Ashley's adoptive parents?
The Courters
300
How does Ashley react to her new adoptive family?
She gives them trouble, especially challenging the mom
300
What was one of the the two worst days in Ashley's life?
- The day she was taken from her mother - The day she went to live with the Mosses
400
Words that imitate sounds
Onomotopeia
400
Which type of figurative language is being used: "Silly Sally sang a song."
Alliteration
400
Who are the Merritts?
Foster parents that treated Ashley and Luke kindly. They kept up with the kids even when they were in the Children's Home.
400
How did Ashley almost go blind?
A girl threw acetone in her face
400
What did Ashley find out about Mr. Potts once she was removed from the Pott's home?
He was convicted of child molestation
500
Repeating the same sound at the beginning of words
Alliteration
500
What TWO types of figurative language are being used: "Bam! I killed that test!"
Onomotopeia & Hyperbole
500
Who is Mary Miller?
Ashley and Luke's Guardian As Litem
500
Name three of Ashley's foster families.
Hines, Adele, Pace, Potts, Hagen, Merritt, Chavez
500
What will Ashley absolutely not say to any of her foster moms? Why?
She will not tell them that she loves them. Her mom made her promise.