Holes Figurative Language

The Warden owns the shade.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopeoia

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Suddenly a pair of sneakers fell on top of him...like a gift from God.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopeoia

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

The vibrations ran up the shaft of the shovel and into Stanley's wrists, making his bones rattle.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopeoia

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Myra's head is as empty as a flowerpot.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopeoia

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

He saw a cloud of dust.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopeoia

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

"That's right, my blossom," said her father.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopeoia

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Stanley stood in the shower...It was four minutes of heaven.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopeoia

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

He felt like he was digging his own grave.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopeoia

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Even the people looked broken.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Onomatopeoia

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

The last thing he wanted to do after killing himself all day on the lake was to get in a fight with a boy called Caveman.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3