11/15/24, 9:49 AM Figurative Language
Name: Date: Instructor:
Auburn City School District
Figurative Language November 15, 2024 - 9:49 AM CST
Subject: English Language Art Domain: Vocabulary
Grade: Alabama Grade 3 Skill: Figurative Language
Question 1.
Read the poem. The last line is missing.
1 If the puppy is sleeping
2 At any time of day,
3 Be sure to tiptoe past him—
4 Or go the other way;
5 For if you try to wake him
6 ____________________
Based on the rhythm of this poem, what should the last line be?
A. He'll want to go for a walk!
B.
He'll think it's time to play!
C. The puppy will be up all night!
D. The puppy might just run away!
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Question 2.
Thunder Wail
by Shanti Coleman
Every day around two o'clock
our quiet house gets a shock
When baby goes down for a nap
lightning strikes a thunder clap
Waah-waah-whaa is all that you hear
he cries like thunder till it hurts my ear
It shakes the house like wind and hail
When he lets out his thunder wail
In this poem, how are the baby's cries like thunder?
A. The baby's cries are loud like thunder.
B. The baby's house is quiet like thunder.
C. The baby's cries start at two o'clock like thunder.
D. The baby cries when he takes a nap like thunder.
Question 3.
Missing Socks
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I've got pairs of socks roaming the house,
hiding behind the walls like a mouse.
I take care to keep them together,
but they come and go like the weather.
Sometimes, they leap out of the dryer alone,
and go off somewhere to find a new home.
I'm beginning to think they hate my feet,
even though they cannot talk or say a peep.
So most of the time, my feet are bare,
and I walk and pretend not to care.
There's something they know that I've never told.
I miss them . . . and my feet are freezing cold!
In this poem, the socks are like
A. a foot.
B. a mouse.
C. a dryer.
D. a home.
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Question 4.
My Family
by Shanti Coleman
Like an old oak tree
so steady and strong
My family helps me
when things go wrong
In this poem, how is an old oak tree like a family?
A. It is steady and strong.
B. It has a lot of leaves.
C. It loves her family.
D. It is far away.
Question 5.
Pennies
I carry pennies in my pocket:
Clink
Clack
Click
Clash
Clatter
I throw my pennies in the fountain:
Splash
Splunk
Splat
Splink
Splutter
I hear them moving underwater:
Glick
Glup
Glunck
Glop
Glutter
Why does the poet use words like "clatter" and "splutter"?
A. to copy the sounds that the pennies make
B. to copy the sounds a school bus makes
C. to rhyme with the words "clash" and "splat"
D. to make the poem longer and more interesting
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Question 6.
Precious is a strange cat. She lives with the Andersons. The Andersons also have two dogs.
Precious acts like a dog sometimes. When a new person comes to the house, she walks right up to
them. She is so excited to see them that she hops around like a bunny until they pick her up. She likes
to play chase with the dogs. She is a funny cat.
Which phrase best helps the reader know how excited Precious gets around new people?
A. play chase with the dogs
B. she walks right up to them
C. hops around like a bunny
D. lives with the Andersons
Question 7.
My brothers are so loud. They jump and yell and run around a lot. When they come down the stairs,
they sound like a herd of elephants. There are only two of them! I have to leave the house to get some
peace and quiet. Luckily, I can climb the big tree in our back yard. They are too small to climb the tree.
It is my special place.
If the boys sound like a "herd of elephants" when they run down the stairs, how do they sound?
A. very angry
B. very quiet
C. really happy
D. really loud
Question 8.
Tom and Jane went down the lane to travel to the sea.
They tripped instead—
Tom bumped his head, but Jane just skinned her knee.
What are the rhyming words in this nursery rhyme?
A. travel and tripped
B. Tom and Jane
C. sea and knee
D. bumped and skinned
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Question 9.
The cow.
The lazy cow.
The lazy cow won't move.
Move, move, move, move, move lazy cow,
please moo-ve!
Why does the poet use the word "moo-ve" in the last line?
A. to describe what a cow looks like
B. to copy the sounds a cow makes
C. to rhyme with the word "please"
D. to rhyme with the word "cow"
Question 10.
Choose the word that best fills in the blank.
"We are going to the library now," the teacher said. "I want you all to be as quiet as a _______."
A. mouse
B. chicken
C. monkey
D. thunderstorm
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Answers
1. --
2. A
3. B
4. A
5. A
6. C
7. D
8. C
9. B
10. A
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Explanations
1. In the poem, the first, third, and fifth lines have seven syllables. The second and fourth lines have six syllables.
This repeating pattern of syllables makes a rhythm. In the answer choices, only the line "He'll think it's time to
play!" has six syllables, which fits the repeating pattern of the poem.
2. When the baby cries, the writer compares it to thunder. The writer wants you to imagine that when the baby
cries it sounds like thunder.
3. The socks in this poem hide in the walls "like a mouse." The writer just wants you to imagine the socks as if
they were a mouse hiding from the person in the poem.
4. An old oak tree is steady and strong, just like a family that helps you when things go wrong. In this poem, the
writer uses an old oak tree to describe her family because both are steady and strong.
5. Sometimes a poet will use words that are sounds. In this poem, the poet uses these words to copy the sound
of pennies being taken out of a pocket and thrown into a fountain. This makes the reader "hear" the sound of
the pennies. These sound words are called onomatopoeia.
6. Look at the passage. It says that Precious hops like a bunny because she gets so excited. A bunny hops up
and down. People do not see cats hop around a lot. This is the writer's way of saying that the cat is excited. It
helps the reader get a picture in his or her mind.
7. Look at the passage. Elephants are really big animals. They make a lot of noise when they walk. By saying the
boys sound like elephants, the writer is saying the boys sound really loud. It is a more descriptive way of
saying how loud the boys are.
8. The rhyming words make this nursery rhyme flow. When you say "sea" and "knee" out loud, you can hear that
they are rhyming words. In this nursery rhyme, there are several pairs of rhymes.
9. By spelling the word "move" like "moo" the poet is playing with words. We can now see and hear the sound the
cow is making.
10. In the library, students must be quiet. A mouse is tiny and quiet when it moves.
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