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Figurative Language
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Fig Lang 2
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100

A common phrase that is not taken literally, for example: "Sorry sorry sorry," he mocked. "You sound like a broken record."

What is a broken record/idiom?

100

This character is arrested near the end of the book.

Who is Frankie, Antsy's older brother?

100
Lexie was offended when she though Antsy had done this to her, but Antsy was equally offended!
What is "being dumped"?
100

What literary device is used when the author gives hints about what will happen later in the story?

What is foreshadowing

100

What does Antsy say about being unnoticed by his family?

What is "Sometimes I feel like I don’t even exist"?

200

Used at the end of the sentence: "When he saw me approaching with Lexie, half an hour after I had left him in the road, I saw his shoulders sag."

What is alliteration?

200
Antsy describes himself as bamboo, outgrowing these characters.
Who are Howie and Ira?
200
The two changes Mrs. Bonano makes to her lifestyle.
What are taking up French cooking, and looking for a part-time job?
200

What is it called when a story is told from a character's perspective?

First person point of view

200

Who is Antsy talking about when he says "I knew she was seeing everything.”

Who is Lexie

300

An exaggeration like when Crawley says, "Hospitals are the greatest failure of civilization".

What is hyperbole?

300

This character is named after Amoxicillin

Moxie, Lexie's seeing-eye dog

300
An argument that brings tensions between Mr. and Mrs. Bonano explosively to the surface was referred to by Antsy as...
"The Big One".
300

What type of figurative language is used when the author describes the Schwa as "invisible"?

metaphor

300

"Maybe that's just what I am. Maybe I'm that quiet guy who suddenly goes nuts and then you find half the neighborhood in his freezer."

Who is Calvin Schwa

400

An example of this is device is when Antsy says "There's little bumps of taxis everywhere, like hundreds of lemon candies filling the streets."

What is a simile?

400

This character's dare is the main reason Antsy and the Schwa end up breaking into Old Man Crawley's place. 

Who is Wendell Tiggor?

400
Lexie damaged this part of her brain when she fell out of her stroller as a child.
What is the visual cortex?
400

When Lexie compare Antsy to a radio: "You're like Radio Antsy, all news, all the time."

What is a metaphor

400

"You teenagers, you go into a cocoon when you turn fifteen and don't come out for years."

Mrs. Bonano, Antsy's mom

500

An example can be found at the end of this sentence said by the Schwa: "My father never showed up for the games either. So I figured, what was the point?"

What is a Rhetorical Question?

500

Who sold the Schwa's house?

Who is Aunt Maggie?

500

What kind of therapy does Lexie think her grandfather needs? Why does she think he needs this?

What is trauma therapy and exposure to the outside world

500

Name the device used when the author references another text, movie or historical event.

What is allusion

500

"And if you spend too much time thinking about where those good intentions are taking you, you know where you end up?"

Mr. Bonano, Ansty's dad