“Taggot, the Blacksmith’s Daughter” Figurative Language and Word Choice Practice

“Taggot, the Blacksmith’s Daughter” Figurative Language and Word Choice Practice

by Scarlet HollyGroveMS

Multiple Choice

“The morn was clear as glass, and I was happy as a singing bird.” (6)

What kind of figurative language is this?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Alliteration

Open Ended

“The morn was clear as glass, and I was happy as a singing bird.” (6)

What does this quote mean literally?

Multiple Choice

“His eyes were dark as rivers”

What kind of figurative language is this?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

Open Ended

“His eyes were dark as rivers”

What does this quote mean literally?

Multiple Choice

"I never did speak. I thought if I opened my mouth he’d know my whole heart.”

What kind of figurative language is this?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Personification

Open Ended

"I never did speak. I thought if I opened my mouth he’d know my whole heart.”

What does this quote mean literally?

Multiple Choice

“There’s no one better to quiet a horse. I lay my big hands on them, and feel them trembling -- I know how they feel. They’re like me: big and timid. So I breathe sweet peace to them -- not with my lips, but through my fingers -- and  they hear me, not with their ears but through their skins.”

What is the connotation of the words: quiet, timid, sweet, peace?

• Mostly Positive

• Mostly Negative

• Neutral

Open Ended

“There’s no one better to quiet a horse. I lay my big hands on them, and feel them trembling -- I know how they feel. They’re like me: big and timid. So I breathe sweet peace to them -- not with my lips, but through my fingers -- and  they hear me, not with their ears but through their skins.”

What is the TONE in the excerpt above?

Multiple Choice

“There’s no one better to quiet a horse. I lay my big hands on them, and feel them trembling -- I know how they feel. They’re like me: big and timid. So I breathe sweet peace to them -- not with my lips, but through my fingers -- and  they hear me, not with their ears but through their skins.”

What does the author mean by the phrase, “I breathe sweet peace to them -- not with my lips, but through my fingers -- and they hear me.”?

• Taggot can't literally breathe peace to horses, but the author means she is able to revive the horse when it is out of breath.

• Taggot can’t literally breathe peace to horses, but the author means she is calming the horse down by placing her hands on it.

• Taggot can literally breathe peace to horses.

Open Ended

“He had brown hair. Not golden like the knights in the story, and his eyes were dark as rivers. The glory was his face -- the shape of it -- I don’t have words.”

Why did the author choose to use the word “glory” in the phrase “The glory was his face”?

Multiple Choice

“He was gone by then, long gone, and it seems a long life -- I may live fifty years, and not see him again.”

What does this specific line and the repetition of the words “gone” and “long" reveal how Taggot feels at the end of the monologue?

• Since the words “gone” and “long” are repeated, you can tell that Taggot is feeling confused because she knows that she will probably never see Hugo again since they are in different social classes.

• Since the words “gone” and “long” are repeated, you can tell that Taggot is feeling happy because she knows that she will probably never see Hugo again since they are in different social classes.

• Since the words “gone” and “long” are repeated, you can tell that Taggot is feeling sad because she knows that she will probably never see Hugo again since they are in different social classes.

Multiple Choice

The sun was as bright as a laser beam.

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

• allusion

Multiple Choice

All I heard was splish splash splosh as the rain fell on the roof.

• simile

• idiom

• onomatopoeia

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

What does denotation mean?

• The figurative meaning of a word

• A exaggeration

• Comparison of two things use "like" or "as"

• The dictionary definition or literal meaning of a word

Multiple Choice

The wind was soft music to my ears.

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• imagery

Multiple Choice

What does the simile "my legs were like straw" literally mean?

• Someone has very short legs

• Someone is feeling very weak and afraid

• Someone is standing very tall and brave

• Someone is feeling very quick and fast

Multiple Choice

Language used to create images and connections in your mind using the five senses

• allusion

• hyperbole

• alliteration

• imagery

Multiple Choice

The sun smiled at me as I peered out the window this morning.

• metaphor

• personification

• idiom

• simile

Multiple Choice

The emotion/feeling associated with a word, usually positive, negative, or neutral is called___________.

• tone

• denotation

• connotation

• stanza