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Figurative language From home of the brave - Coggle Diagram
Figurative language From home of the brave
Simile
"I reach into my pocket and feel the soft cloth i carry with me everywhere. Blue and yellow, torn at the edges, the size of my hand, soft as new grass after good rain." pg. 9
"I am a tall boy, like all my people. My arms stick out of the coat Like lonely trees." pg. 4
"I look around me Dead grass pokes out of the unkind blanket of white. Everywhere the snow sparkles with light hard as high sun." pg. 4
"A cow can be trouble with her slow, stubborn body, her belly ripe with milk, her pleading eyes that shine at you like river rocks in the sun." pg 14
"Take it slow buddy, Dave says. Tears trace my cheeks like tiny knives."pg 18
"I want to sound fierce and certain as a great lion." pg 58
"My hope flutters high like a bird i cannot reach." pg 56
"Ganwar finds a pair of hard blue pants and a shirt the color of sand. Jeans he says. T-shirt. I put them on and parade through the TV room like a great ruler." pg 61
"Soon i grow sleepy, and after a while her words begin to fall like raindrops on the floor." pg 54
"Now and then a word i know darts up like a sparkling fish." pg 54
Idiom
"Those are the words Diane must say. Those are the stars that will guide my path home." 57
"Dave pushes a knob and the music box sings.The song races ahead while i stumble behind." pg 59
"Ganwar shakes his head. The kids will eat you alive, he says"pg 60
"The stories would lift me up." pg 64
"And take me far from the pain in my belly and the tight knot of my heart." pg 64
"Dave sees my falling open mouth." pg 66
"Schools free here. You just bring your mind and smile every day, OK?" pg 69
Personification
"An old woman comes out of the barn. She's carrying a bucket. Two chickens trot behind her scolding and fussing." pg 14
"The sun gave us light, and the stars watched us sleep. pg 24
"My brother was the handsome one. Everywhere girls watched him with shy, smiling eyes. pg 34
"Diane stands and shakes my hand. She isn't much
taller than i am, but her grip is strong and she meets my gaze with eyes that say she is a friend. pg 56
"We head outside the icy air kicks at my chest." pg 58
"My ears look like they wanna fly me away." pg 34
"and yet to see her in this strange land makes my eyes glad." pg 13
Metaphors
"Carefully i take a step onto the blanket cloud." pg 35
"I would give all the beds in all the great world to feel the sharp thorn of Lual's scolding again." pg 38
"Dave takes me to school. When i see it i use the words i learned from the tv machine: Now way! it's big enough to graze a herd of cattle in." pg 66
"A man comes in. young and short with the skin the color of earth." pg 68
"Moo. Then more say it, and more, and soon we are a class of cattle." pg 75
"Hannah and i wait by the road for the bus to come. It's even bigger than the school bus, with the sour breath and slow growl." pg 113.
"Hannah looks up. Did you say-- but then the river sounds stops and my machine begins to shake." pg 97
"I stand still in the stream of students." pg 77
"I run my hands over covers softer than a new calf's coat." pg 34
"While she stares at a bright red box. Her fingernails are shiny red, the color of blood." pg 53