The Pearl Figurative Language

“...the minds of people are as unsubstantial as the mirage of the Gulf” (15) is an example of what type of figurative language?

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• hyperbole

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

“...a little pat on the back by God or the gods or both” (16) is an example of...

• personification
• hyperbole
• alliteration
• simile

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

“...and the melody of the song was the gray-green water and the little scuttling animals and the clouds of fish that flitted by and were gone” (17) is an example of...

• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification
• simile

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CCSS.L.11-12.5A

“The gray oysters with ruffles like skirts on the shells…” (16) is telling us...

• what the oysters feel
• what the oysters look like
• that the oysters literally have skirts on them
• That the oysters are ugly

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"The little lobsters looked like lunatics" is an example of...

• personification
• alliteration
• hyperbole
• simile

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

“A plan is a real thing” (29) is an example of...

• hyperbole
• simile
• metaphor
• personification

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

“Kino had found the Pearl of the World” (21) is an example of...

• alliteration
• hyperbole
• simile
• metaphor

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

“A town is a thing like a colonial animal” (21) explains...

• towns are only towns if there are animals in them
• people in towns are wild animals
• how people in a town are social and dependent on each other

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"The news swept past the brush house" is an example of...

• hyperbole
• personification 
• onamonapeia

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

"The song of the family came from behind him like the purring of a kitten" means...

• the song of the family is a song about cats
• The song of the family is "meowing", not actual words
• The song of the family is really irritating
• The song of the family is soft, melodic, and peaceful

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4