Home of the Brave Part Two - Literary/Poetic Devices

Question 1

But he gives me a slow nod, Dave looks at his arm clock. Ten minutes, he says, tops.

Accepted Answer

assonance

Question 2

Summer is ice cream and skate boards. (p. 189)

Accepted Answer

metaphor

Question 3

Then I close the top/ and wait, /while all around me/ the machines hum and talk. (p. 94)

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 4

When my aunt leaves, the apartment grows hushed as the air before a storm. (p. 92)

Accepted Answer

<p>simile</p>

Question 5

Each book is like a door. (p. 160)

Accepted Answer

simile

Question 6

A car whooshes past. (p. 157)

Accepted Answer

onomatopoeia

Question 7

Hannah tips my glove over the box/ and the quarters slip in with /a happy jangle. (p. 114)

Accepted Answer

onomatopoeia

Question 8

The wind slaps my cheeks. (p. 136)

Accepted Answer

personification

Question 9

You need some time to get your feet wet. I check my shoes. It's true enough theat they are dry.

Accepted Answer

pun

Question 10

Hunger is a wild dog. (p. 150)

Accepted Answer

metaphor

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