POV and Figurative Language (Study Guide Review)

Which sentence from the passage contains a simile?

• "Butterflies of many hues fluttered over the river."

• "One type was the burity with stiff fronds like enormous fans."

• "The trees leaned over the river from both banks."

• "The day was overcast, with showers of rain."

In the phrase, "One type was the burity with stiff fronds like enormous fans," what two things are being compared?

• The color of the rainforest and gold

• The trees and columns

• The fronds of the palm and a fan

• The sky and a painting

Which of the following is a metaphor found in the passage?

• "Their fronds were an arched fretwork against the sky."

• "The trees leaned over the river from both banks."

• "Butterflies of many hues fluttered over the river."

• "When the sun broke through rifts in the clouds, his shafts turned the whole forest to gold."

How does the metaphor "Their fronds were an arched fretwork against the sky" help the reader understand the passage?

• It helps the reader understand the delicate pattern of the leaves.

• It shows that the trees are strong.

• It describes how dark the forest is.

• It tells the reader about the animals in the rainforest.

Which phrase best helps describe the appearance of a burity palm?

• "Like enormous fans"

• "Many kinds of palms"

• "Very long"

• "Rain-drenched green"

In the sentence, "If you destroy the beauty of the rainforest, on what would you feast your eyes?" what does the idiom "feast your eyes" mean?

• To see something with pleasure

• To eat a big meal

• To get tired from looking at something

• To destroy something

Who is speaking in the passage from The Great Kapok Tree?

• The man

• The kapok tree

• The three-toed sloth

• The rainforest

How does the sloth’s point of view affect the description of cutting down the kapok tree?

• It makes the tree seem unimportant.

• It emphasizes the beauty and importance of the tree.

• It focuses on how humans use the tree.

• It explains the history of the tree.

Which statement best explains the difference between first and third-person point of view?

• First person describes a character’s exact thoughts and feelings, while third person provides information the character does not know.

• First person gives the most detailed account, while third person skips important events.

• First person only describes what happened at night, while third person covers the entire day.

• First person and third person describe events in the same way.

What information does the third-person version of the story about Meg provide that the first-person version does not?

• That Meg screamed loudly

• That Meg was bitten by a Gabon viper

• That the bites Meg got were very painful

• That Meg was not bitten by a Gabon viper