Blackwater Figurative Language

Front

"...he'd handed me the phone about a year too late."

Back

hyperbole

Front

"The old Blackwater run fierce. Dad says it's mad because we tamed it."

Back

personification

Front

A plastic bag filled with light and air came cruising down the river like a fat, fake, billowy jellyfish.

Back

simile

Front

"Pauline was the wishbone out of the Thanksgiving turkey."

Back

metaphor

Front

"I swung around and saw the two dark heads, round as soccer balls bobbing close to the bank."

Back

simile

Front

"I plowed into the water, feeling it yank at my legs, greedy to pull me down."

Back

personification

Front

"I lay there, gasping like a beached fish..."

Back

simile

Front

"I felt the Blackwater reach for me, felt its hunger."

Back

personification

Front

"I was a frog on his back."

Back

metaphor

Front

"I felt that I'd jump to the moon and back!"

Back

hyperbole