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Figurative language from home of the brave - Coggle Diagram
Figurative language from home of the brave
Simile
"No, this cold is like claws on my skin!" page 3
"He's like a song always out of tune, missing notes." page 7
"Blue and yellow, torn at the edges, the size of my hand soft as new grass after good rain." page 9
"Walking through the snow is hard work, like wading across a river wild with rain." page 13
"Tears trace my cheeks like tiny knives." page 18
"His voice was deep, like a storm coming, but gentle, like the rain ending." page 29
"It's been a long time since I've known that feeling, like a soft blanket on a night when the wind howls." page 28
"On the floor lie blankets and pillows like gentle dunes." page 34
"Sometimes it seems to me, a hole can be as real and solid as a boulder or a tree." page 39
" Now and then a word I know darts up like a sparkling fish, but then it's all dark moving water again." page 54
Metaphors
"I run my hands over covers softer than a new calf's coat." page 34
"Her fingernails are bright red, the color of blood, and I feel sorry for her bad fortune." page 53 - 54
"His laughter makes little clouds." page 5
"He isn't tall like my father was, and there is hair on his face the color of clouds before rain.' page 6
"Carefully I take a step onto the blanket cloud." page 35
"I would give all the beds in the great world to feel the sharp thorn of Lual's scolding once again. page 38
"For a while you are a fish in a warm, pretending lake." page 190
"In the camp, I say, they called America heaven on earth." page 25
"A cow is god with a wet nose." page 15
"It's even bigger than the school bus, with the sour breath and slow growl of a starving animal." page 113
Idioms
"I stroke her cold, wet coat, and for a moment I hold all I've lost and all i want right here in my hand." page 16
"The door opens and my old life is waiting on the other side." page 18
"Kek finds the sun when the sky is dark." page 27
"We hold our stories in our songs." page 29
"I laughed until my eyes rained." page 37
"So many people, but still cannot fill the holes in the room." page 42
"I kick at the world." page 48
"Even her laughter has sun in it." page 47
"Diane pauses. I wait to hear the words, to see the stars." page 57
"The song races ahead while I stumble behind, just one more thing I cannot know." page 59
Personification
"His car is red and coughs and burps when he tries to make it go." page 6
"The wind sneaks through my coat." page 15
"It's window-eyes weep yellow light." page 17
"His eyes are wary and smart, always taking the measure of a person." page 20 - 21
"Everywhere girls watched him with shy, smiling eyes." page 34
"Always his eyes will know more than i will ever know." page 33
"My aunt lets a smile go free." page 40
"Dave pushes a knob and the music box sings." page 59
"The icy air kicks at my chest." page 58
"To eat such happy food and think about words at the same time is much work." page 81