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Figurative Language from "Home of the Brave" - Coggle Diagram
Figurative Language from "Home of the Brave"
Simile:
Page 7 stanza 1: "He's like a song always out of tune, missing notes."
Page 7 stanza 3: "We are like a cow and a goat"
Page 4 stanza 3: "My arms stick out of the coat like lonely trees."
Page 9 stanza 1: "soft as new grass after good rain"
Page 3 stanza 4: "No, this cold is like claws on my skin!"
Page 9 stanza 5: "red and round like a baby sun"
Page 4 stanza 1: "sparkles with light hard as high sun."
Page 3 stanza 1: " is hard work, like wading across a river"
Metaphor:
Page 6 stanza 4: "Sometimes Dave speaks English, the tangled sounds."
Page 8 stanza 3: "His eyes are wise and calm, the eyes of a village elder."
Page 5 stanza 2: "His laughter makes little clouds."
Page 9 stanza 4: "My mouth is going to get very sore, stumbling on words all day long."
Idiom:
Page 27 stanza 6: "I cannot find any sun today, I think."
Page 29 stanza 1: "but it was his voice that made him a rich man among men."
Page 19 stanza 2: "The door opens and my old life is waiting on the other side."
Page 37 stanza 2: "I laughed until my eyes rained."
Page 16 stanza 3: "and all I want right there in my hand."
Personification:
Page 15 stanza 6: "The wind sneaks through my coat"
Page 7 stanza 1: "Its window-eyes weep yellow light."
Page 13 stanza 3: "makes my eyes glad"
Page 18 stanza 4: "How can I trust a place where even the ground plays tricks?"
Page 6 stanza 2: "His car is red and coughs and burps"
Page 20 stanza 3: "His eyes are wary and smart,"
Page 4 stanza 1: "Dead grass pokes through the unkind blanket of white."
Page 23 stanza 4: "and the room turns to night, then blinks awake."