Walk Two Moons Figurative Language

Identify the figurative language: "Being a mother is like trying to hold a wolf by the ears"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Identify the figurative language: "he was like a little kid riding a hobby horse"

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Idiom

Identify the figurative language: "And that voice-it reminds me of dead leaves all blowing around on the ground"

• Simile

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

Identify the figurative language: "The only sound that came out was a tiny “Erp—”"

• Onomatopoeia

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

• Metaphor

In chapter 7, the narrator says, "...faster than you could milk a cow we were standing barefoot in the cool water of Lake Michigan." What type of figurative language is this?

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

Identify the figurative language: "The sky was a patchwork quilt of stars."

• A) Simile

• B) Metaphor

• C) Personification

• D) Hyperbole

Identify the figurative language: "Her smile was as bright as the sun."

• A) Simile

• B) Metaphor

• C) Personification

• D) Hyperbole

Identify the figurative language: "The wind whispered through the trees."

• A) Simile

• B) Metaphor

• C) Personification

• D) Onomatopoeia

Identify the figurative language: "He was drowning in a sea of grief."

• A) Simile

• B) Metaphor

• C) Personification

• D) Hyperbole

Identify the figurative language: "The classroom was a zoo."

• A) Simile

• B) Metaphor

• C) Personification

• D) Hyperbole