Figurative Language "Bud, Not Buddy" Ch. 1-3 – Flashcards
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"Jerry looked like he'd just found out they were going to dip him in a pot of boiling milk."
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"Unless you're as stupid as a lamppost, you've got to wonder what's coming off next, your arm?"
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"Todd's next punch crashed into the side of my ear and I fell on the floor and pulled my knees up to my chest and crossed my arms in front of my head like a turtle in a shell."
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"He started huffing and puffing with his eyes bucking out of his head and his chest going up and down so hard that it looked like some kind of big animal was inside of him trying to bust out."
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"I was only trying to help...' he was sounding like a horse that had been run too hard in the winter--' and...and look what it's gotten me.'"
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"In her eyes, Todd's mouth was a prayer book."
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"What had really happened was that I woke up from a good sleep because it felt like a steam locomotive had jumped the tracks and chug-chug-chugged its way straight into my nose."
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"Todd might've been a lot bigger than me but he'd better be ready, this wasn't going to be a bird's nest sitting on the ground for him."
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These Amoses might look like a bunch of cream puffs, but if she was anything like Todd I bet she could pack a real wallop."
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"I squeezed my tongue between my teeth to hold it still 'cause I know a lot of times your brain might want to be brave bu your mouth might let some real chicken-sounding stuff come out of it."
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