FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE from Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli

“His stomach was a cereal box and his hear a sofa spring.” (p.1) METAPHOR

“The soles of both sneakers hanging by their tongues, hanging by their hinges and flopping open like dog tongues…” (p.9) SIMILE

“He and Amanda were like a rock in a stream.” (p.11) SIMILE

 “He was like a shark. He had the blood lust.” (p.23) SIMILE

“Spinning like a flying saucer.” (p. 24) SIMILE

“Breathing like a picadored bull.” (p. 24-25)   SIMILE

“…raining red and green hats.” (p.25) METAPHOR(Authors use “rain” to mean a lot of something.”)

“…ran away like a horsefly from a swatter.” (p.18) SIMILE

“Stone was softer than the kid’s glare.” (p. 34) METAPHOR

“rattlesnake speed.” (36) METAPHOR

“Mars Bar’s eyes were as big as headlights.” (p.39) SIMILIE

“His smile was so wide he’d have to break it into parts to fit it through the doorway.” HYPERBOLE – Bigger than life

“…run like a squirrel.” (p.55) SIMILE 

 

"I called the U.S. Army in to haul them buffalo rags away," he said. "They come in with gas masks on, and they used tongs to pick 'em up and put'em in a steel box, and they took the box away to bury it at the bottom of the first mine shaft they come to."  HYPERBOLE - BIGGER THAN LIFE

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