The Watsons Go to Birmingham Figurative Language

What does Kenny mean by cracked up?

• They were literally cracking like egg shells.

• They opened the car doors.

• They laughed at something funny.

• They opened the car windows.

Dad said, "I'ma let the cat out of the bag..." What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

• idiom

• proverb

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

What type of figurative language is being used in this sentence?

• metaphor

• idiom

• alliteration

• simile

What kind of figurative language is this and why?

• This is an onomatopoeia because the narrator is describing the sound of heat.

• This is a simile because Byron’s mean and fun qualities are being compared.

• This is personification because the heat is given human characteristics to take away the mean and fun qualities from Byron.

When LJ asks Kenny if he wants to go look at Larry Dunn’s fort, Kenny says, ”I knew this was a worm with a hook in it but I bit anyway.” Explain this metaphor. What is the worm? What is the hook?

• He's saying that it's like walking into a trap.

• He's saying that it's like being caught red handed.

• He's saying that it's like going fishing, with the worm as the bait and the hook being the method to catch the fish.

The author uses figurative language in this passage. What does it mean? "While I was talking he kept moving around me so if I wanted to look at him sideways I'd have to move too...I bet we looked like the solar system, with me being the sun and Byron being the orbiting Earth..."

• Kenny is mad at Byron.

• Byron is upset about what Kenny told him.

• Kenny wants to learn more about the planets.

• Byron is walking in a circle around Kenny.

What does the phrase 'cracked up' mean in the context of 'The Watsons Go to Birmingham'?

• They were literally cracking like egg shells.

• They opened the car doors.

• They laughed at something funny.

• They opened the car windows.

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence 'I'ma let the cat out of the bag'?

• idiom

• proverb

• hyperbole

• oxymoron

Identify the type of figurative language in the sentence.

• metaphor

• idiom

• alliteration

• simile

What kind of figurative language is this and why?

• This is an onomatopoeia because the narrator is describing the sound of heat.

• This is a simile because Byron’s mean and fun qualities are being compared.

• This is personification because the heat is given human characteristics to take away the mean and fun qualities from Byron.