Hunger Games - Figurative Language

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Identify the figurative language: “...I always take a moment to listen carefully for the hum that means the fence is live. Right now, it’s silent as a stone.”

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Simile - a comparison using “like” or “as”. EX: She is as sly as a fox.

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Identify the figurative language: “So I learned to hold my tongue…”

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Idiom - an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its elements. EX: Hit the lights!

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Identify the figurative language: “A thicket of berry bushes protects it from unwanted eyes.”

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Personification - a metaphor where non-human things possess human qualities. EX: The wind whistled throughout the night.

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Identify the figurative language: “Attendance is mandatory unless you are on death’s door.”

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Personification - a metaphor where non-human things possess human qualities. EX: The wind whistled throughout the night.

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Identify the figurative language: “The camera crews, perched like buzzards on rooftops, only add to the effect.”

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Simile - a comparison using 'like' or 'as'. EX: She is as sly as a fox.

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Identify the figurative language: “He tells the history of Panem, the country that rose up out of the ashes of a place that was once called North America.”

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Personification - a metaphor where non-human things possess human qualities. EX: The wind whistled throughout the night.

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Identify the figurative language: “He lists the disasters, the droughts, the storms, the fires, the encroaching seas that swallowed up so much of the land.”

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Personification - a metaphor where non-human things possess human qualities. EX: The wind whistled throughout the night.

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Identify the figurative language: “District 12 is the laughingstock of Panem.”

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Hyperbole - An obvious and deliberate exaggeration (to emphasize something or for humorous purposes). EX: I ate a million pieces of cake today.

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Identify the figurative language: “The community home would crush her like a bug.”

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Simile - a comparison using 'like' or 'as'. EX: She is as sly as a fox.

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Identify the figurative language: “Your mentor is your lifeline to the world in these Games.”

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Metaphor - a comparison without using 'like' or 'as'. Ex: She is a sly fox.