Esperanza Rising Figurative Language

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“…Papa’s heart would find us wherever we go.”

• Simile

• Idiom

• Hyperbole

• Personification

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“…and pricked her finger on a vicious thorn.”

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Answer explanation

Personification is giving something qualities that it does not have or making it seem human.

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“She could hear it, too. The beat rushing in her ears. Shoomp, shoomp, shoomp.”

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

Onomatopoeia is words that are used to describe a sound.

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“Her bruises had been to her pride.”

• Idiom

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Answer explanation

Personification is giving something qualities that it does not have or making it seem human.

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“Isabel…rolled it up like a cigar…”

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Answer explanation

A simile says two things are alike by using the words "like" or "as."

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“Our land is alive…this whole valley breathes and lives…”

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Simile

Answer explanation

Personification is giving something qualities that it does not have or making it seem human.

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“…droopy mustache made him look like a forlorn puppy.”

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

Answer explanation

A simile says two things are alike by using the words "like" or "as."

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“The short blade was curved like a scythe…”

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Idiom

• Simile

Answer explanation

A simile says two things are alike by using the words "like" or "as."

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“Esperanza could tell that Mama was uneasy with their constant presence.”

• Idiom

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

Answer explanation

Hyperbole uses exaggeration.

What example of Figurative Language is this quote:

“Their faces were so encrusted with dry dirt that they reminded Esperanza of cracked pottery.”

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

Answer explanation

A metaphor says two things are alike without using the words "like" or "as."