Question

figurative language review
as a great writer, richard wagamese uses a lot of figurative language in his novels. lets review our knowledge of figurative language and apply it to \the language of fishermen\.
imagery - words that paint pictures in your mind
alliteration - the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words
symbolism - something that represents something else
hyperbole - exaggerated statements
onomatopoeia - words that sound like what they are
simile - a comparison between two unlike things using like or as

quotations\twhich figurative language device(s) do you see in each quotation? (hint: some have more than one!)
\i could feel the whale - like pressure of the fish at the other end.\
\hed scratch at the soles of my feet with a wooden spoon and hush me to silence with a finger to the lips.\
\wed drive out of kenora, ontario, on the gravel road that ran north out of town and hed slip me a cup of coffee and warm perogies wrapped in a napkin. wed watch the land roll by...\
\he was a mechanic, a tall, slender, chain - smoking grease monkey who smelled of oil, tobacco and old spice aftershave.\
\for me, at six, fishing was as close as i could get to my roots. joe made sure i got it. he got me to the land because he knew that there the land as close as my spirit could renew and reclaim itself. he knew that who i was, who i was born to be, was directly connected to the land and its mystery.\

Explanation:

1. "I could feel the whale - like pressure of the fish at the other end." uses simile as it compares the pressure of the fish to that of a whale using "like".
2. "He’d scratch at the soles of my feet with a wooden spoon and hush me to silence with a finger to the lips." has no obvious figurative language devices.
3. "We’d drive out of Kenora, Ontario, on the gravel road that ran north out of town and he’d slip me a cup of coffee and warm perogies wrapped in a napkin. We’d watch the land roll by..." has no obvious figurative language devices.
4. "He was a mechanic, a tall, slender, chain - smoking grease monkey who smelled of oil, tobacco and Old Spice aftershave." uses symbolism as "grease monkey" is a symbol for a mechanic.
5. "For me, at six, fishing was as close as I could get to my roots. Joe made sure I got it. He got me to the land because he knew that there the spirit could renew and reclaim itself. He knew that who I was, who I was born to be, was directly connected to the land and its mystery." has no obvious figurative language devices.

Answer:

1. Simile
2. None
3. None
4. Symbolism
5. None