Wind Storm

Which sentence from the passage is an example of personification?

• "From the west, cool air blew in from the mountains." (paragraph 7)

• "Branches sharpened their tips against the glass." (paragraph 8)

• "Huge gusts ripped branches off trees with cracks like lightning." (paragraph 10)

• "Trees, like shipwrecks, lay abandoned along the shore." (paragraph 13)

Which sentence from the passage includes a simile?

Tip: How does figurative language help you paint a picture in your mind?

• "We all jumped off the raft and started swimming." (paragraph 2)

• "We all huddled in front of the fire--my father, my brothers, and I." (paragraph 10)

• "Trees, like shipwrecks, lay abandoned along the shore." (paragraph 13)

• "We all dove off the dock into clear, still water and swam to the raft." (paragraph 19)

Which phrase hall alliteration?

• "yelled across the water" (paragraph 1)

• "in a spotlight of sun, a small pine," (paragraph 20)

• "Faster than riding on a train" (paragraph 9)

• "all was still" (paragraph 12)

Read this phrase from the text.

"Huge gusts ripped branches off trees" (paragraph 10)

What two types of figurative language did the author use in this phrase?

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• personification

• alliteration

Part A: read this sentence from the text.

"That night, the skies howled." (paragraph 8)

What type of figurative language is used in the sentence?

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• personification

Part B: Why does the author use the figurative language from Part A?

• to show the darkness of the night to the reader

• to explain how they were terrified

• to compare the wind to an animal

• to show the strength of the wind to the reader

Fill in the letter before one of the following sentences from the passage to show the sentence that has a smile.

A) Huge gusts ripped branches off trees with cracks like lightning. B) Down the chimney whooshed a blast of air. C) It fed the flames and made them roar. D) Our dog curled tighter into a ball.

Tips: Which words do you find in a simile?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Why does the author compare the sound of tree branches breaking with the sound of lightning in the sentence below?

"Huge gusts ripped branches off trees with cracks like lightning." (paragraph 10)

• She wants to use a literal description of the sound.

• NextThe tree branches are broken off by bolts of lightning.

• She wants to show readers that the main character had been in storms before.

• She wants readers to be able to imagine what the storm sounds like.

Which examples of figurative language gives you the best clue that the trees surround the house?

• "From the west, cool air blew in from the mountains." (paragraph 7)

• "Branches sharpened their tips against the glass." (paragraph 8)

• "Huge gusts ripped branches off trees with cracks like lightning." (paragraph 10)

• "Trees, like shipwrecks, lay abandoned along the shore." (paragraph 13)

Match the phrase from the text with the correct type of figurative language.

"the skies howled" (paragraph 8)

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole