Examples of Figurative Language in Speak

Similes Art follows lunch like dream follows nightmare. 2. Her forehead is as pink as her lipstick

Metaphor 1. I stand in the center aisle of the auditorium, a wounded zebra in a National Geographic special. 2. The cafeteria is a giant sound stage where they film daily segments of Teenage Humiliation rituals.

Idiom I got my eye on you. 2. Shut your trap, button your lip, can it.

Symbol 1. White Couch 2. Dead Frog 3. Trees

Stereotype Jocks Goths Big Hair Chix Suffering artists

Irony Our Teachers Are The Best… We are no longer the Tigers because the name shows “shocking disrespect” for an endangered species. I know I am shocked.

Hyperbole My English teacher has no face.

Allusion Could I put a face in my tree, like a dryad from Greek mythology. Dryad-a dryad is a tree nymph. A nymph is a minor nature goddess.