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1 Figurative Language Worksheet 1 Name: Directions: Read the lines of poetry. Slashes represent line breaks. Figure out which technique is being used: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, or personification. In the boxes, explain how you figured out your answer. It is possible that more than one technique is being used. If you can, explain each. 1. Like burnt-out torches by a sick man's bed 2. Drip hiss drip hiss fall the raindrops / on the oaken log which burns, and steams, and smokes the ceiling beams. / Drip hiss the rain never stops. 3. When the stars threw down their spears, / And water'd heaven with their tears, 4. The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,

2 5. I do not care to talk to you although / Your speech evokes a thousand sympathies, 6. The sun was shining on the sea, / Shining with all his might: 7. The leaves are little yellow fish / swimming in the river. 8. The old clock down in the parlor / Like a sleepless mourner grieves, 9. By the lakes that thus outspread / Their lone waters, lone and dead / Their sad waters, sad and chilly 10. Fame is a bee. / It has a song -- / It has a sting --

3 Idioms Test 1 Name: Directions: Determine the meaning of the bolded expression. Choose the best answer. Idiom: A common expression understood figuratively, as the literal definition makes no sense. 1. After going to the zoo, the mall, and the movies, Cassie was sick of bending over backwards to entertain her nieces. a. Cassie was doing very little to entertain her nieces. b. Cassie was making small efforts to entertain her nieces. c. Cassie was trying very hard to entertain her nieces. d. Cassie was not trying at all to entertain her nieces. 2. Bobby would have been playing ball until the cows came home if it hadn t been for Suzie dragging him away to eat dinner. a. Bobby was just about to stop playing ball. b. Bobby didn t even want to play ball to begin with. c. Bobby prefers nature to athletics. d. Bobby would have continued playing ball for a long time. 3. Mr. Johnson was very particular about the arrangement of his classroom, so the thing he hated most was when his students caused a ruckus with their wild horseplay. a. Mr. Johnson hated when his students pretended to be animals. b. Mr. Johnson hated when his students played sports. c. Mr. Johnson hated when his students wrestled around with each other. d. Mr. Johnson hated when his students made animal noises. 4. Eric wanted to fix his cousin s computer, but he was already having problems setting up his Aunt s Wi-Fi network and he didn t want to open a whole new can of worms. a. Eric was sick of spending his time helping his family. b. Eric wanted to go fishing instead of working on computers. c. Eric was having difficulties untangling the computer wires. d. Eric was not ready to begin working on a complicated new problem. 5. Even though Candace already had a new job, she submitted her two week notice and conducted herself in a professional way at her old job because she didn t want to burn bridges. a. Candace didn t want to ruin her positive relationship with her old employer. b. Candace wasn t ready to start her new job. c. Candace was really going to miss her old job. d. Candace was waiting until her last day to rub it in everyone s face that she was leaving. 6. World renowned country western super group The Mountain Boys can sell out an arena at the drop of a hat. a. The Mountain Boys may be able to sell out an arena, but it will take a long time. b. The Mountain Boys can sell out an arena very quickly. c. The Mountain Boys are always willing to perform at charity events. d. The Mountain Boys enforce a dress code at all of their shows. 7. Vivian expected Craig to sob uncontrollably when she broke up with him; however, Craig kept a stiff upper lip. a. Craig cried even more than Vivian had expected. b. Craig cried about as much as Vivian had expected. c. Craig cried a little less than Vivian had expected. d. Craig did not cry.

4 8. Mrs. Robinson expects Cassie and my presentation to be good, but we have been working on it every night for the last week, so we are really going to knock her socks off. a. Cassie and the speaker are not prepared to give a good presentation. b. Cassie and the speaker intend on hitting Mrs. Robinson rather than presenting. c. Cassie and the speaker s presentation will far exceed Mrs. Robinson s expectations. d. Cassie and the speaker s presentation will meet Mrs. Robison s expectations. 9. Over the summer Brian was really excited about being placed in the advanced math class, but after getting his syllabus on the first day and seeing the workload, he was ready to jump ship. a. Brian was even more excited about the math class than he was over the summer. b. Brian wanted to start working on his math assignments right away. c. Brian did not want to be in the advance math class anymore. d. Brian wanted to cause some trouble in the advanced math class. 10. Jose had a hard time comparing the iphone to the Samsung phone because to him they were apples and oranges. a. Jose can hardly tell the difference between the two phones because they are so similar. b. Jose believes that the phones are so different from one another that they cannot be compared. c. Jose doesn t know anything about phones so he may as well be thinking about fruits. d. Jose is too hungry to think about phones at this time. 11. Brian felt pretty good about getting a pair of roller-skates for his birthday, until he saw his twin brother Ryan open up his GameBox X-9000, and then Brian felt like he got the short end of the stick. a. Brian felt like Ryan received a better gift than he. b. Brian was quite pleased with his roller skates. c. Brian wanted a long stick that he could use to support himself on hikes. d. Brian feels bad for Ryan because Ryan wanted roller-skates. 12. After Ms. Smith caught Darnisha chewing gum for the third time, Ms. Smith scheduled a parent teacher conference with Darnisha s mother. When Darnisha s mother came into Ms. Smith s classroom, she was chewing gum. Ms. Smith thought to herself, the apple doesn t fall far from the tree. a. Ms. Smith thinks that Darnisha dresses like her mother. b. Ms. Smith thinks that Darnisha acts a lot like her mother. c. Ms. Smith is surprised to see that Darnisha s mother came. d. Ms. Smith thinks that Darnisha s mother lives very close to the school. 13. Brad was accusing us of stealing his phone until he found it, and now he s trying to sweep it under the rug. a. Brad thinks that his phone will be safer if he hides it under the rug. b. Brad wants to do something to make up for his mistake. c. Brad is trying to locate a signal for his phone so that he can use it. d. Brad wants to pretend that the incident never happened. 14. Keisha got up and started yelling at Ronnie. She was threatening him but Ronnie didn t even flinch because he knew that her bark was worse than her bite. a. Ronnie thinks that Keisha will get in trouble for yelling. b. Ronnie thinks that Keisha has bad breath. c. Ronnie thinks that Keisha is loud but not dangerous. d. Ronnie thinks that Keisha has a crush on him. 15. You might think that Billy Parker is the kid who has everything, but if you saw the list of chores his parents give him, I guarantee that you wouldn t want to be in his shoes. a. You wouldn t want your shoes to get as dirty as Billy s when he s doing his chores. b. If you have to do as many chores as Billy, you ll want a pair of comfortable shoes. c. Billy shoes are so uncomfortable that doing his chores is really unpleasant. d. Billy has so many chores to do that it is unpleasant to imagine doing them all.

5 Identifying Narrative Perspective 4 Name: Directions: Read the following passages and determine the narrative perspective, then explain how you were able to identify the point of view. Narrative Perspective (point of view): first-person, second-person, third-person objective, third-person limited, third-person omniscient. 1. Crispy Treats by LaDanna Wafford First, wash your hands and gather all of your materials. Once you ve done that, follow all of the directions in your cookbook. Put the crispy treats in the oven and cook for While your treats cook you might want to clean your work space. When you take the treats out of the oven, pour the honey and lemon sauce on immediately. Once treats are cooled, you and your friends can enjoy. 2. To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee We lived on the main residential street in town Atticus, Jem and I, plus Calpurnia our cook. Jem and I found our father satisfactory: he played with us, read to us, and treated us with courteous detachment Our mother died when I was two, so I never felt her absence. She was a Graham from Montgomery; Atticus met her when he was first elected to the state legislature (6). 3. Alice's adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, and what is the use of a book, thought Alice, without pictures or conversations? So she was considering, in her own mind whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her. 4. A Retrieved Reformation by O. Henry Annabel, said Jimmy, give me that rose you are wearing, will you? Hardly believing that she had heard him right, she unpinned the flower from her dress and placed it in his hand. Jimmy Valentine put on his coat and walked outside the railing toward the front door. As he went he thought he heard a faraway voice that he once knew.

6 5. There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury At eight-thirty the eggs were shriveled and the toast was like stone. An aluminum wedge scraped them into the sink, where hot water whirled them down a metal throat which digested and flushed them away to the distant sea. The dirty dishes were dropped into a hot washer and emerged twinkling dry. 6. War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells We were driving along the road from Treguier to Kervanda. We passed at a smart trot between the hedges topping an earth wall on each side of the road; then at the foot of the steep ascent before Ploumar the horse dropped into a walk, and the driver jumped down heavily from the box. He flicked his whip and climbed the incline, stepping clumsily uphill by the side of the carriage, one hand on the footboard, his eyes on the ground. After a while he lifted his head, pointed up the road with the end of the whip, and said: "The idiot!" I was startled by his outburst. 7. Seventh Grade by Gary Soto On the first day of school, Victor stood in line half and hour before he came to a wobbly card table. He was handed a packet of papers and a computer rcard on which he listed his one elective, French. He already spoke Spanish and English, but he thought some day he might travel to France, where it was cool; not like Fresno, where summer days reached 110 degrees in the shade. 8. Rikki-tikki-tavi by Rudyard Kipling Rikki-tikki heard them going up the path from the stables, and he raced for the end of the melon patch near the wall. I was not a day too son, he said; for he could see the baby cobras curled up inside the skin, and he knew that the minute they were hatched they could kill a man or mongoose. He bit off the tops of the eggs as fast as he could, taking care to crush the young cobras. Nagaina spun clear round, forgetting everything for the sake of her eggs. She saw she had lost her chance of killing Teddy, and the last egg lay between Rikki-tikki s paws. 9. White Fang by Jack London They spoke no more until camp was made. Henry was bending over and adding ice to the bubbling pot of beans when he was startled by the sound of a sharp snarling cry of pain from among the dogs. Henry grunted with a tone that was not sympathy, and for a quarter of an hour they sat on in silence, Henry staring at the fire, and Bill at the circle of eyes that burned in the darkness just beyond the firelight. An icy wind circled between them and the fire.

Point of View [CCSS.ELA.9-10.RL.6]

Name: Date: Hour: Point of View [CCSS.ELA.9-10.RL.6] The point of view is the narrative perspective from which a story is told. When looking at the point of view, it all about the NARRATOR (who tell the