In three to five sentences, identify two examples of figurative language from the passage above and explain what each example of figurative language means.
Like a strong wind, Dad
rises from the clouds, strikes
down the stairs, swift and
sharp and mad as
lightning. Flagrant foul, ref!
he yells to everyone in the
gym. How he's hail and blizzard.
His face, cold and hard as ice.
His hands pulsing through
the air. His mouth, loud as thunder.
He tackled JB --
this ain't football.
Dad roars in the face
of the ref, while JB
and his attacker do
the eye dance. I want to
join in, offer my squall,
but mom shoots me a look
that says, Stay out of the rain,
son. So, I just watch
as she and dad chase
Dad's tornado. I watch
as she wraps her arm
around Dad's waist. I watch
as she slowly brings him back
to wind and cloud. I watch
Mom take a tissue from
her purse to wipe her tears,
and the sudden onset of
blood from Dad's nose.
Alexander, Kwame. The Crossover. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
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