The figurative language in the third section of Inside Out and Back Again gives us a deeper understanding of the book. It shows a look into Ha’s thought process, how uncomfortable she is in America, and how she prefers Vietnam to the US. The first example of figurative language is on page 140, where Ha spells her teacher's name; MiSSS SSScot. She is purposely misspelling her teacher's name to exaggerate the “S”. It gives us a deeper look into Ha’s understanding of English, and her thought process when coming to it. She pronounces the “S” harder because she isn’t used to it, and she doesn’t want to embarrass herself. Another example is when Ha says she is “hiding all day”(pg. 160). She uses hyperbole in this, because while sometimes she