​The Inventor’s Secret

​The Inventor’s Secret

By Bayan Shanti

Multiple Choice

·      Which figurative language is used in the following examples?

Buckets of rain began to fall from the sky.

• Hyperbole

• personification

Multiple Choice

The shelves stretched up to the ceiling.

• idiom

• personification

Multiple Choice

Money is tight.

• Hyperbole

• idiom

Multiple Choice

It blew a thick column of smoke as it rolled

down the track.

• personification

• Hyperbole

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A: I have an exam tomorrow.

B: Break a leg.

• idiom

• personification

Multiple Choice

Ladders leaned against them.

• Hyperbole

• personification

Multiple Choice

You are as sweet as pie.

• metaphor

• simile

Multiple Choice

The snow is a white blanket.

• metaphor

• simile

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The tiny fairy disappeared with a poof

• metaphor

• onomatopoeia

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Use the vocabulary words to fill in the blanks.

1- The old engine ______________ before finally starting up.​ ​ ​ ​ ​

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Chugged

Locomotives

gadgets

phonograph

flop

Incandescent

patents

sputtered

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2- The train _____________ slowly up the steep hill. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

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Chugged

Locomotives

gadgets

phonograph

flop

Incandescent

patents

sputtered

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3- The ________________ was one of the earliest devices used to play

recorded music. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

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Locomotives

gadgets

phonograph

flop

Incandescent

patents

sputtered

Chugged

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4- The _________________ bulb revolutionized indoor lighting. ​ ​ ​ ​

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Locomotives

gadgets

incandescent

flop

phonograph

patents

sputtered

Chugged

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5- The inventor proudly displayed his collection of ____________ for his groundbreaking inventions. ​ ​

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Locomotives

gadgets

flop

phonograph

incandescent

sputtered

Chugged

patent

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6- The play was a _____________, failing to attract any audience despite the hype. ​ ​

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Locomotives

gadgets

flop

phonograph

patents

sputtered

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incandescent

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7- The kitchen was filled with various _________ designed to simplify cooking. ​ ​

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Locomotives

gadgets

flop

phonograph

patents

sputtered

Chugged

incandescent

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8. ___________ powered the trains that transported goods across the country. ​ ​

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incandescent

gadgets

flop

phonograph

patents

sputtered

Chugged

locomotives

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Based on your reading to the literary selection “The Inventor’s Secret”,

answer the questions that follow.



1. What is the genre?​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

Select answer

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2. What is the main conflict in the story?

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3. What point of view is used in the story?

• First person POV

• Third person POV

Multiple Choice

4. What was Henry Ford’s big dream?

• To invent a car that everyone could afford and use.

• To know Thomas's secret

• To invent the light bulb

Multiple Choice

5. How did Thomas Edison inspire Henry Ford?

• By asking him different questions.

• By encouraging him to continue working on his ideas and inventions.

• By banging his hand on the table in excitement.

Multiple Select

6. What challenges did Henry Ford face while working on his invention?

• He had a hard time making a car that people could afford

• He failed many times

• Some people didn't believe in him.

• He took a long way to New York

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7. What was the ‘inventor’s secret’ that Edison shared with Ford?

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8. What can we learn from Thomas Edison’s advice to Henry Ford about achieving goals?

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9. Highlight the type of character that Henry Ford represents throughout the story.

• a. Flat = little history is given, has only one or two personality traits.

• b. Round = fully developed with many different character traits.

• c. Dynamic = changes during the course of the story ( learns something)

• d. Static = does not change ( does not learn )

Match

11. Determine the figurative language used in the following examples.

• The machines chugged and purred, hiccupped

  and whirred.

• The mighty machine got Henry’s mind spinning.

• The airplanes were roaring overhead.

• The whole country was crazy about Thomas’s

  electric light.

• Henry lit up brighter than any light bulb.

Onomatopoeia

idiom

Onomatopoeia

idiom

metaphor and hyperbole

• Onomatopoeia

• idiom

• Onomatopoeia

• idiom

• metaphor and hyperbole