Figurative Language

In the book Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson used figurative language. Figurative language allows the reader to understand the author better by using; similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, Personification, Alliteration, and Clichés

• "Mr. Freeman is ugly. Big old grasshopper body, like a stilt-walking circus guy. Nose like a credit card sunk between his eyes." (pg. 10, paragraph 2) simile

she compares Mr. Freeman to an old grasshopper, circus guy, and a credit card. It is a simile because she made a comparison to Mr. Freeman to put more characteristics about him.

• "Principle Principle pauses with a look on his face like Daffy Duck's when Bugs is pulling a fast one."(page 17, paragraph 8) simile

she compares the principal to daffy duck to show how his face looks so the reader can understands better.

• The air smells like french fries and floor cleaner. (page 99 paragraph 1) simile

she compares the smell of the air to french fries and floor cleaner because the reader most likely knows what they smell like so to put the reader more into the book she compares

something to what a regular person would know.

• "My house is shrinking and I feel like Alice in Wonderland.' (pg. 144 paragraph 1) simile

she compares her house to be shrinking like in Alice in Wonderland because of all the pressure she has