Flint by Christina Rossetti

Complete the sentence

An _______ is as green as grass

• Ruby

• Emerald

What was the ruby red compared with?

• Blood

• Grass

What is the colour of sapphire?

• Red

• Blue

Which stone is known as brilliant stone?

• Diamond

• Opal

Which stone produces fire?

• Flint

• Opal

What is the theme of the poem?

• We should not judge a book by its cover.

• We should only be attracted to things that are beautiful physically.

A comparison of two unlike things using 'as' or 'like' is _____

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• simile

______________ is giving human characteristics or qualities to an object or an animal.

• Personification

• Simile

• Adverbs

___________compares two unlike things by saying one is the other.

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

In stanza ONE, which line (s) represent simile?

Flint by Christina Rossetti

An emerald is as green as grass

A ruby red as blood;

A sapphire shines as blue as heaven:

A flint lies in the mud.

A diamond is a brilliant stone,

To catch the world’s desire;

An opal holds a fiery spark;

But a flint holds fire.

• An emerald is as green as grass

• A flint lies in the mud

• A ruby red as blood

• A sapphire shines as blue as heaven