Figurative Language - Night Flashcards
“They think I’m mad,” he whispered, and tears, like drops of wax, flowed from his eyes.
“They think I’m mad,” he whispered, and tears, like drops of wax, flowed from his eyes
Simile
The barbed wire that encircled us like a wall did not fill us with real fear
The barbed wire that encircled us like a wall did not fill us with real fear
Simile
The shadows around me roused themselves as if from a deep sleep silently in every direction
The shadows around me roused themselves as if from a deep sleep silently in every direction
Simile
By ten o’clock, everyone was outside. The police were taking roll calls, once, twice, twenty times
By ten o’clock, everyone was outside. The police were taking roll calls, once, twice, twenty times
Hyperbole
His very presence in the procession was enough to make the scene surreal. It was like a page turn from a book, a historical novel.
His very presence in the procession was enough to make the scene surreal. It was like a page turn from a book, a historical novel.
Simile
Gapping doors and windows looked out into the void. It all belonged to everyone since it no longer belonged to anyone. It was there for the taking. An open tomb
Gapping doors and windows looked out into the void. It all belonged to everyone since it no longer belonged to anyone. It was there for the taking. An open tomb
Metaphor
Monday went by like a small summer cloud, like a dream in the first hours of dawn.
First part
Monday went by like a small summer cloud, like a dream in the first hours of dawn.
Simile
Monday went by like a small summer cloud, like a dream in the first hours of dawn.
Part 2
Monday went by like a small summer cloud, like a dream in the first hours of dawn.
Simile
We settled in. I went looking for wood, my sisters lit a fire.
We settled in. I went looking for wood, my sisters lit a fire.
Idiom
The synagogue resembled a large railroad station: baggage and tears
The synagogue resembled a large railroad station: baggage and tears
Personification
“Jews, listen to me. I see a fire! I see flames, huge flames!” It was as though she were processed by some evil spirit
“Jews, listen to me. I see a fire! I see flames, huge flames!” It was as though she were processed by some evil spirit
Simile
We were walking slowly, as one follows a hearse, our own funeral procession
We were walking slowly, as one follows a hearse, our own funeral procession
Simile
At every step, white signs with black skulls looked down on us
At every step, white signs with black skulls looked down on us
Personification
We shall all see the day of liberation. Have faith in life, a thousand times faith
We shall all see the day of liberation. Have faith in life, a thousand times faith
Hyperbole
The dentist, a Jew from Czechoslovakia, had a face not unlike a death mask
The dentist, a Jew from Czechoslovakia, had a face not unlike a death mask
Simile
One day when Idek was venting his fury, I happened to cross his path. He threw himself on me like a wild beast, beating me in the chest
One day when Idek was venting his fury, I happened to cross his path. He threw himself on me like a wild beast, beating me in the chest
Simile
At first, my father simply doubled over under the blows, but then he seemed to break in two like an old tree struck by lightning
Part 1
At first, my father simply doubled over under the blows, but then he seemed to break in two like an old tree struck by lightning
Idiom
At first, my father simply doubled over under the blows, but then he seemed to break in two like an old tree struck by lightning
Part 2
At first, my father simply doubled over under the blows, but then he seemed to break in two like an old tree struck by lightning
Analogy
