4th hr Figurative Language in Lemon Brown by Shannon Paxton

angry, swirling clouds

shpaxton — 2016-09-23 16:07:33 UTC

personification

"His father's words, like the distant thunder that now echoed through the streets..."

2016-09-23 16:08:33 UTC

simile

" tires hissing over the wet street."

2016-09-23 16:08:35 UTC

personification.

"A car passed, it's tires hissing over the wet street..."

2016-09-23 16:08:38 UTC

Ononmatopoiea

"...hit those books..."

2016-09-23 16:08:54 UTC

Idiom

"Bits of paper dance[d] between parked cars"

2016-09-23 16:09:16 UTC

Personification

"And the beam from the flashlight danced crazily along..."

2016-09-23 16:09:17 UTC

Personifictation

"His fathers words, like the distant thunder that now echoed through the streets..."

2016-09-23 16:09:18 UTC

simile

a razor sharp enough to cut a week into nine days

2016-09-23 16:09:24 UTC

metaphor

"that if I sang at a funeral, the dead would commence to rocking with the beat."

2016-09-23 16:09:34 UTC

Hyperbole

...like dry twigs being broken

2016-09-23 16:09:38 UTC

simile

"...hit those books"

2016-09-23 16:09:38 UTC

idiom

"Gusts of wind made bits of papers dance between the parked cars."

2016-09-23 16:09:46 UTC

Personification

"A care passed, its tires hissing over the wet street"

2016-09-23 16:09:57 UTC

onomatopoeia

"Lecturing endlessly..."

2016-09-23 16:10:33 UTC

hyperbole

"His black, heavily wrinkled face, was surrounded by a halo of crinkly white hair."

2016-09-23 16:10:41 UTC

Metaphor

"cause i got a razor sharp enough to cut a week into nine days!"

2016-09-23 16:10:41 UTC

idiom

"A car passed, its tires hissing over the wet street..."

2016-09-23 16:10:47 UTC

Onomatopoeia

"...made bits of paper dance..."

2016-09-23 16:10:54 UTC

personification

"The voice was dry and brittle, like dry twigs being broken..."

2016-09-23 16:10:58 UTC

simile

so sweet that if I sung at a funeral, the dead would commence to rocking with the beat

2016-09-23 16:11:16 UTC

metaphor

bits of paper dance

2016-09-23 16:11:17 UTC

Personification

"..hit those books"

2016-09-23 16:11:23 UTC

idiom

"Gusts of wind made bits of paper dance between the parked cars"

2016-09-23 16:11:30 UTC

personification

"The dark sky, filled with angry, swirling clouds..."

2016-09-23 16:11:40 UTC

Personification

"...hit those books..."

2016-09-23 16:11:42 UTC

idiom

Sharp enough to cut a week into nine days.

2016-09-23 16:11:57 UTC

METAPHOR

"...Lecturing endlessy..."

2016-09-23 16:11:59 UTC

hyperbole

"His black, heavily wrinkled face surrounded by a halo of crinkly hair..."

2016-09-23 16:12:00 UTC

Metaphor

"His father's words ... rumbled softly in his ears."

2016-09-23 16:12:08 UTC

Personification

"...then lecturing endlessly..."

2016-09-23 16:12:08 UTC

hyperbole

"...angry, swirling clouds..."

2016-09-23 16:12:10 UTC

"..brows knitted.."

2016-09-23 16:12:13 UTC

Imagery

"...bits of paper dance..."

2016-09-23 16:12:19 UTC

personification SAINTS

sharp enough to cut a week into nine.

2016-09-23 16:12:20 UTC

metaphor

2016-09-23 16:12:23 UTC

"His fathers words,

"a car passed, it's tires hissing over the wet street..."

2016-09-23 16:12:35 UTC

Onomatopoeia

"the blinking neon sign"

2016-09-23 16:12:43 UTC

Imagery

"His fathers words like the distant thunder that now echoed through the streets"

2016-09-23 16:12:47 UTC

Personification

"[T]he beam from the flashlight danced crazily along the peeling wallpaper..."

2016-09-23 16:12:56 UTC

Personification

Hit those books

2016-09-23 16:13:04 UTC

Idiom

"It's tires hissing..."

2016-09-23 16:13:08 UTC

Onomatopoeia

"His father's words, like the distant thunder that now echoed through the streets of Harlem, still rumbled softly in his ears."

2016-09-23 16:13:31 UTC

Simile

ANgry swirling clouds

2016-09-23 16:13:57 UTC

personification <3

"...it's tires hissing

2016-09-23 16:13:59 UTC

his shadow on the wall looming over him

2016-09-23 16:14:01 UTC

personification

"Gusts of wind made bits of paper dace between the parked cars"

2016-09-23 16:14:03 UTC

Simile

"A car passed, it's tires hissing over the wet street"

2016-09-23 16:14:06 UTC

Personification

"The dark sky, filled with angry, swirling clouds"

2016-09-23 16:14:12 UTC

personification

"gusts of wind made bits of paper dance between the parked cars"

2016-09-23 16:14:16 UTC

personification

involuntary tremor in his knee.

2016-09-23 16:14:24 UTC

allusion

"...it's tires hissing over the wet street..."

2016-09-23 16:14:37 UTC

personification

"I got a razor sharp enough to cut a week into nine days"

2016-09-23 16:14:39 UTC

Idiom

"... and a loud crashing noise as the man banged the pipe against the wooden banister."

2016-09-23 16:15:02 UTC

Onomatopoeia

"His fauthers words, like

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2016-09-23 16:15:16 UTC

"I used to call them moon eyes."

2016-09-23 16:15:23 UTC

metaphor

the thunde

2016-09-23 16:15:24 UTC

"His father's words, like the distant thunder that now echoed through the streets of Harlem"

2016-09-23 16:15:44 UTC

simile

beam from the flashlilght danced crazily along the peeling wallpaper

2016-09-23 16:15:45 UTC

personification

gust of wind made paper dance

2016-09-23 16:16:00 UTC

personification

"angry swirling clouds..."

2016-09-23 16:16:19 UTC

personification

"...If I sang at a funeral, the dead would commence o rocking with the beat."

2016-09-23 16:17:06 UTC

hyperbole

"and a loud crashing noise as the man banged the pipe against the wooden banister"

2016-09-23 16:17:20 UTC

onomatopoeia

"... and a loud crashing noise as the man banged the pipe against the wooden banister"

2016-09-23 16:17:33 UTC

onomatopoeia

Gust of wind made the paper dance

2016-09-23 16:18:13 UTC

personification

now you just get innto your room, and hit those books

2016-09-23 16:19:19 UTC

Idiom

flash of lightning turned the night into day

2016-09-23 16:19:54 UTC

hyperbole

"He was an eerie sight, a bundle of rags standing at the top of the stairs..."

2016-09-23 16:20:20 UTC

metaphor

"...made bits of paper dance between the parked cars."

2016-09-23 16:22:40 UTC

personification

"...used to say I sung the blues so sweet that if I sang at a funeral, the dead would commence to rocking with the beat."

2016-09-23 16:31:08 UTC

hyperbole

"...Lecturing endlessly...

2016-09-23 16:39:07 UTC

hyperbole