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Figurative language from "home of the brave". - Coggle Diagram
Figurative language from "home of the brave".
Personification
"We head outside the icy air kicks at my chest." pg.58
"We walk to dave's car in silence. only the snow talks." pg.58
"Dave pushes a knob and the music box sings." pg. 59.
"The song races ahead while I stumble behind." pg. 59.
"Waiting in a big-windowed room is a woman with black hair that dances." pg 67
..."and eyes that tell jokes." pg 67
..."and makes a face that says "bad taste". pg. 77
"To eat such happy food." pg. 81
idiom
"and for a moment I hold all ive lost, and all I want right here in my hand." pg.16
"The door opens and my old life is waiting on the other side." pg .19
"Kek can find the sun when the sky is dark." pg. 27
"I can hear her struggle to find the English words just like I do." pg.27
"I can not find any sun today i\I think." pg.27
Similie
"she isn't like my mother whose laughter is like bubbling water from a deep spring." pg.22
"round and bare and waiting like an ugly question that nobody can answer." pg.20
"The night the earth opened up like a black pit and swallowed my life whole." pg. 21
"Its been a long time since i've known that feeling like a soft blanket." pg. 28
"I smother the thought like an ember near dry grass" pg. 68
"Thought to be truthful it looks like a lumpy dog" pg. 74
"Its like playing a game with no rules" pg.70
"But Hannahs words tug like a rope around a calf's neck" pg. 81
Metaphor
"When my tray is heavy with the gifts of food." pg. 77
"I stand still in the stream of students." pg. 77
..."with skin the color of rich earth." pg. 68
"His mouth is a line."m pg. 40
"Its big enough to graze a herd of cattle in." pg. 66
"Here in america, this is the sun." pg.89
"It's even bigger than the school bus." pg.113
"My father would not have stood for such a weary old woman in his heard." pg.13