Holes Figurative Language

metaphor

You'll be buzzard food

pun hyperbole

Because there's nothing inside his head.

simile

He was so thirsty he felt as if he would die.

simile

a pair of sneakers fell on top of him like a gift from God

idiom

the key

personification

destiny's shoes

hyperbole

Only ten million more to go

simile

you felt as if she was looking right through you

metaphor

This isn't a Girl Scout Camp

metaphor

The surface of the table reminded Stanley of the surface on the lake

metaphor

said and orange lump.

idiom

don't want to mess

idiom

trying to start anything

idiom

Time flies

metaphor

Green Lake was Heaven on earth

pun idiom

It dried up with the lake

personification hyperbole

the temperature gad gotten so hot that the air itself was sweating.

hyperbole

It felt more like a thousand

pun idiom

got a little hot

idiom

blood starts to boil

simile

Zero held the shovel out in front of him, as if he were going to bat away the bullets

idiom

kept an eye out

hyperbole simile

it felt like heaven

analogy

the sun, a fiery ball balancing on top of Big Thumb. God was twirling a basketball

analogy simile

the rock had absorbed his energy and now acted like a kind of giant magnet pulling him toward it.

metaphor

its a hot fudge sundae