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Figurative language from ''Home of the Brave" - Coggle Diagram
Figurative language from ''Home of the Brave"
Simile
pg.21-"The night the earth opened up like a black pit and swallowed my whole life whole.
pg.63-"My belly leaps like a monkey on a tree."
pg.67-"Inside my school the floor shines like ice."
pg.21-"The place where Ganwars left hand should be round bare and waiting like an ugly question
pg.58- "I want to sound fierce and as certain as a great lion."
pg.70-"It's like playing a game with no rules."
pg.68-"I smother the thought like an ember near dry grass."
pg.66-It's big enough to graze a heard of cattle."
pg.27- "I cannot find any sun today, I think."
Idioms
pg.37-"I laughed until my eyes rained."
pg.47-"Even her laughter has sun in it."
pg.16-Just for a moment I hold all I've lost in my hands."
pg.99-"I feel like I've gulped down a laugh that needs to fly free."
pg.114-"Just, you know, out of the blue
pg.34-"I run my hand over covers softer than a new calf's coat."
pg.68- "With the skin color of rich earth just like mine."
Metaphors
Personification
pg.136-"The snow and muck yank at my boots. The wind slaps my cheeks."
pg.118-"We step into the warm cold air and sweet cooking smells."
pg.106-"My mouth is too busy rejoicing."
pg.138- His face looked frozen but his eyes were hot."
pg.94-"While all around us the machines hum and talk."
pg.60-"Ganwar must see the fear in my eyes."
pg.56-"She meets my my gaze with eyes that say she is a friend."
pg.34-"Everywhere girls watched him with shy,smiling eyes."