1.3 Figurative Language Task Cards Answer Recording Sheet For each of the 16 task cards you are given, you must IDENTIFY, NAME, & EXPLAIN an example of figurative language contained within the given excerpt. As some excerpts contain more than one technique, the following table will guide you as to which one you must analyze.

BLUE: In your groups
PURPLE: On your own

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IDENTIFY
Provide the quote from the excerpt that contains the technique
NAME
Give the name of the technique
EXPLAIN
Explain why the technique is used / what it means / how it is effective
1

personification

2
“will be as light as a feather”

3

alliteration

4

onomatopoeia

5
“At last the Dodo said, ‘Everybody has won, and all must have prizes.’”

6

metaphor

7
“I saw that Estella stood at the back of Miss Havisham’s chair, and that her eyes laughed mischievously.”

8

simile

9

irony

10
“a series of short sharp cries”

11

synecdoche

12
“There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside of the boundaries of Maycomb County”

13

simile

14

allusion

15
“had I not asked what the sam hill he was doing.”

16

metaphor