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http://www.cafepress.com/+thwap_oval_car_magnet,1330593532

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this is used to explain how tired Melinda is after trying to get to her classes. It Is an exaggeration to make her point

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"By the time I find it, the period is almost over. I am dead (Speak.24)

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https://www.deviantart.com/13insane37/art/Fire-in-your-eyes-256894580

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https://primaryclassroomresources.co.uk/collections/primary-classroom-resources

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Figurative language is used to help develop the characters and the storyline and to make things more zestful for the readers

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speak_(Anderson_novel)

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Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak. Square Fish. 1999

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this piece is used to make sound effects for when Melinda gets hit with mashed potatoes in the cafeteria

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"Thwap" (Speak. 9)

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Mr. Freeman uses this metaphor in the book to explain the Melinda has creativity in art class.

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"You are on fire, Melinda, I can see it in your eyes" (Speak. 61).

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"Art follows lunch, like dream follows nightmare" (Speak. 9).

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meaning that Melinda thinks of lunch as a horrid part of the day, because she refers to it as a "nightmare" and thinks of Art class as more of something she likes, in which she refers to it as a "dream.