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"Look on the bright side"(8).
What is an idiom?
100
"It was a sorry mess, that house. Its door hung from a broken hinge; its porch floorboards were rotted; and its one- room interior was densely occupied by rats, spiders, and other field creatures"(77).
What is imagery?
100
"That ole Lillian Jean Simms made me so mad I could just spit"(121).
What is an idiom?
100
"My temper almost flew out of my mouth, but I presses me lips tightly together, forcing it to stay inside"(173).
What is a personification?
100
"He stopped abruptly, his eyes bulging in a terrified stare as Mr. Morrison climbed down from the wagon. Mr. Morrison's long shadow fell over him and for a breathless second, Mr. Morrison towered dangerously near him"(225).
What is imagery?
200
"The man was a human tree in height"(34).
What is a metaphor?
200
"The boys, they're not themselves either. All of them, too quiet. Here it is Saturday morning and they're quiet as church mice"(71).
What is a simile?
200
"Like Papa, he had dark, red-brown skin, a square-jawed face, and high cheekbones"(119).
What is imagery?
200
"He stared directly at T.J., caught his eye, and repeated, "Nobody"(173).
What is an idiom?
200
"It was a fine morning for a ride and the six miles there sped by quickly with Mr. Morrison singing in his bassest of bass voices and Christopher- John, Little Man, and me joining in wherever we could as we passed cotton fields abloom in flowers of white and red and pink"(223-224).
What is imagery?
390
"I don't think my feet would have wanted that badly for me to be educated"(17-18).
What is personification?
390
"You been mopin' 'round here for the past week like you got the whoopin' cough, flu, and measles all put together"(69).
What is a simile?
390
"By the time Jack pulled into our own yard, the night was a thick blackness and smelled of a coming rain"(117).
What is imagery?
390
"My temper almost flew out of my mouth, but I pressed my lips together, forcing it to stay inside"(173).
What is an idiom?
390
"But as the fear grew white on Kaleb Wallace's face"(225).
What is personification?
499
"I tugged again at my collar and dragged my feet in the dust, allowing it to sift back onto my socks and shoes like gritty red snow"(5).
What is a simile?
499
"As far as I could see, the only things modern about it were a paved road that cut through its center and fled northward, away from it, and a spindly row of electrical lines"(104).
What is a personification?
499
"When I rejoined Mama she was combing her hair, which fanned her head like an enormous black halo"(131).
What is imagery?
499
"We talked in quiet, respectful tones, observing the soft mourning of the forest"(174).
What is personification?
499
"Why, I feel like taking a bullwhip to all three of them Wallaces and not stopping till my arm get so tired I can't raise it one more time"(221).
What is a hyperbole?
1000
"In the very center of the expansive front lawn, waving red, white, and blue with the emblem of the confederacy emblazoned in it's upper left-hand corner, was the Mississippi flag. Directly below it was the American flag"(15).
What is a symbol?
1000
"The store consisted of a small building with a gas pump in front and a storage house in back. Beyond the store, against the forest edge, were two gray clapboard houses and a small garden" (83).
What is imagery?
1000
"But, Mama, that Lillian Jean ain't got the brains of a flea"(126).
What is a metaphor?
1000
"It was obvious that the jovial mask that T.J. always wore had been stripped away"(177).
What is an metaphor?
1000

Final Jeopardy: "That night when I was snug in the deep feathery bed beside Big Ma, the tat- tat of the rain against the tin roof changed to a deafening roar that sounded as if thousands of giant rocks were being hurled against the earth"(45).

What are simile, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, alliteration and imagery?