The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind-Chapter 11

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?

"............ I'd also determined it was the ideal place to catch the eastern winds that rushed over the highlands from the lake."

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• hyperbole

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?

"So, I wired three-foot bamboo reinforcements to each one, to where they acted like bones."

• alliteration

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?

"From end to end, the wingspan of the blades stretched more than eight feet, causing me to giggle with excitement."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?

"I started by steadying the blades atop four tall bricks--like how a mechanic puts a car on blocks--"

• simile

• metaphor

• idiom

• alliteration

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?

"I ate my supper like a real working man, ........."

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• simile

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?

"But a second later, black smoke started to pour out of the speakers."

• personification

• idiom

• simile

• metaphor

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?

"The windmill sat on the bamboo pole for two days, hidden behind the house and out of sight."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?

"We took smaller branches and nailed them sideways like rungs of a ladder, ........"

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

• personification

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?

"However, from just a short distance away, its long and spindly legs gave it the appearance of a wobbly giraffe."

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• hyperbole

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence below?

"From where I stood, I could see over the trees to where the patchwork of fields and forest joined the highlands."

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration