A Long Walk to Water Figurative Language Assignments and Answer Keys

This figurative language resource provides ready-to-use worksheets that help students identify and analyze literary devices using direct quotes from A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park. Students read each excerpt and determine whether it is an example of metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, hyperbole, or onomatopoeia. The assignments are organized by chapter sections so you can easily integrate them throughout your novel study. This gives students regular practice identifying figurative language using clear examples from A Long Walk to Water as they read. The included answer keys allow for quick and easy grading or whole-class review.

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 ➡️ A Long Walk to Water Figurative Language Assignments: Each of the four print-ready worksheets includes carefully selected quotes from the novel that demonstrate examples of figurative language. Students read each quote, identify the type of figurative language being used (metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration, hyperbole, or onomatopoeia), and label it accordingly. The assignments are organized by chapter sections so you can integrate them naturally into your novel study and reinforce figurative language as it appears in the novel. Each assignment corresponds to the following chapter sets:

• Chapters 1–5
• Chapters 6–10
• Chapters 11–14
• Chapters 15–18

 ➡️ A Long Walk to Water Figurative Language Answer Keys: Each assignment includes a matching answer key with the correct device clearly identified for every quote. Use the keys to check student work quickly, guide whole-class review, or facilitate small-group discussion about why each example fits the specific type of figurative language.

 
Figurative Language Covered in This A Long Walk to Water Resource:

 Students practice identifying the following types of figurative language as they analyze quotes from the novel.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Alliteration
• Hyperbole
• Onomatopoeia

   

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