Grade 5 CT - The Clothesline

Identify the figure of speech in 'flip, flap, flop'.

• Personification

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

'Till she was free.' What is referred to as 'she'?

• bird

• clothesline

• handkerchief

• peg

What does 'restive' mean in 'like restive horses, they caper and prance'?

• restless

• restful

• relaxed

• stressful

'Hid in a ditch or drowned in a sea.' How did the persona feel at this time?

• enthusiastic

• hopeless

• happy

• anxious

Clothes are said to be dancing like _______.

• birds

• wind

• air

• witches

'Gleam' of the handkerchief is compared to _________.

• hollow

• Sun

• sail

• sea

What is the figure of speech in 'merry March wind'?

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

What does word 'flopping' mean?

• up and down

• dancing and moving

• falling and dropping heavily

• here and there

Clothes are compared to which animal?

• lions

• zebras

• tigers

• horses

Figure of speech used in 'as white as snow'.

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Alliteration