Figurative Language Quick Check

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The frog goes silent when I try to join

His croaking call for play.

He quietly hides in his grassy home

Until I've gone away.

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Why do people use the word "croaking" to describe the voices of frogs?

• It rhymes with "choking."

• "Croak" is a very old English word.

• It makes frogs seem more like people.

• The word "croak" is like the sound a frog makes.

Rob moved the gate back and forth and listened to the loud squeaking. He saw strips of paint curling away from the wood. Rob ran his hand against the deep, rough cracks in the boards. It was a wonder that the gate even held together.

Why does the author include all the details about the gate?

• to show that the gate is old and broken down

• to explain that the gate is at Rob's house

• to help describe what Rob looks like

Sal and Isabella were waiting with a group of teenagers for the movie to start. Sal had been talking loudly and horsing around with his friends for a long time while Isabella just watched. Sal turned to her and asked, "Has the cat got your tongue?"Based on the paragraph, what is the best meaning of the idiom, has the cat got your tongue?

• Are you thirsty?

• Do you feel sick?

• Do you like cats?

• Why are you quiet?

As the students ran toward the playground, the teacher told them to hold your horses. The slide and swings were very wet.

What does the teacher want the students to do?

• Go horse riding instead of going to the playground.

• Wait a bit before playing at the playground.

• Stop running around the playground.

Matt poured the orange blossom honey into his tea. It flowed like a slow, light-brown waterfall. Then he put a sweet, sticky drop onto his finger to taste. Yum! Now the tea would be just right.

Describe a picture the words in this story make in your mind. What words make visualize that picture?

The people in the band were warming up their instruments before the parade. There was the usual clatter and clash of noises, followed by a sharp whistle. It was time to line up. Now Cho began the steady beat of her drum. The parade was about to begin.

Which words are used to imitate sound?

• before the parade

• warming up

• clatter and clash

Hala could not take her test because she was feeling under the weather.

What does "under the weather" mean?

• wet

• sad

• sick

• bad

The Old Lady of Chertsey

By Edward Lear

1There was an Old Lady of Chertsey,

2Who made a remarkable curtsey;

3She twirled round and round,

4Till she sank underground,

5Which distressed all the people of Chertsey.

In this poem, which lines rhyme?

• 1 and 3

• 4 and 5

• 1 and 4

• 1 and 2

Little Lilly likes lollipops.

This sentence is an example of _____.

• alliteration

• metaphor

• rhyme

• repetition

Sade waited at the stop for the streetcar. She expected it to come thundering up like a regular train. She expected it to have a loud, sad whistle. It didn't sound like this at all. It hissed quietly as it rolled up to the stop. Its horn beeped like a car horn.

Why does the author use the words loud, sad whistle?

• to show that a streetcar is sad like a train

• to help you imagine how loud a streetcar is

• to describe the sound of a regular train