Figurative Language in Out of the Dust

"cheekbones like bicycle handles"

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

"... Great -Uncle Floyd, old as ancient Indian bones, and mean as a rattler

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

"Permission to play at the palace ..."

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

"How supremely heaven playing piano can be ..."

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

"The potatoes are peppered plenty tonight, Polly..."

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

"The night sky kept flashing lightning danced down on its spindly legs..."

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

• hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

"... the dust turned toward the house like a fired locomotive"

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

"... the dust hissed against the windows"

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.8.3