Figurative Language Because of Winn-Dixie – Flashcards
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"I could see him pulling his old turtle head back into his stupid turtle shell."
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"She said it made her feel like a bug under a microscope."
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"I told her about the preacher being like a turtle, hiding all the time inside his shell."
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"She would just stop and start to shake like a little leaf."
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"Winn-Dixie had good manners."
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"Back when Florida was wild, when it consisted of nothing but palmetto trees and mosquitoes so big they could fly away with you."
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"Winn-Dixie opened his mouth wide like he was laughing."
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"I went into the most overgrown jungle of a yard."
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"Thinking about her was the same as the hole you keep on feeling with your tongue after you lose a tooth."
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"Mostly, he looked like a big piece of old brown carpet that had been left out in the rain."
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"She could stick a tire in the ground and grow a car."
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