Reading Comprehension (Message in a Bottle))

Is the text written in first person, second person or third person?

(a)  

What does "I stood in awe' mean?

(a)  

What type of figurative language is "the wind died"?

• personification

  (humanlike characteristics are given to a non-human)

• Simile

  (two unlike things are compared using "like" or "as")

• Metaphor

  (two unlike things are compared NOT using "like" or "as"

• Hyperbole

  (exaggerations that are not meant to be taken seriously)

How did the character feel throughout the story?

(a)  

How did she find the body? Give evidence from the text.

(a)