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WorksheetsRefugee: Josef Vocabulary and Figurative Language
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
"That was a sham" means __________
It was a cover-up
It was against the rules
It was not appreciated
It was the last in a series of events
"stood like a statue" is an example of _____
metaphor
similie
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
"He didn't flinch" means ____
He didn't like what was happening.
He didn't move.
He didn't pretend.
He didn't feel sorry for him.
Josef's father "blubbered" means _____ (There are 2 answers)
cried uncontrollably while talking
talked so fast it was hard to understand
talked so slowly that no one understood
tried to talk while crying hard
Which words below indicate that the passengers were irritated and worried? (There are three answers)
pandemonium
boiling over
suffocating
flogging
Which three words below describe Josef's father? (There are three answers)
broken
gaunt
paranoid
guilty
Which words below mean "crying"? (Three are three)
whimpering
blubbering
suffocating
wailing
Which three words/phrases below indicate a negative emotion?
panicked
anxious
sewed
thrashed around
"Joseph's heart raced" means _________________ (There are three answers)
He was scared.
He was anxious.
He was frightened.
He was wounded.
"The words struck Josef like slaps to the face" is an example of _________________
similie
metaphor
Which three things are all part of the scene when Josef's father jumps overboard? (There are three answers)
sirens
diver
struggled
barred
Which three words/phrases describe what Josef's father did after Scheindick trashed their cabin?
curled into a ball
barricaded the door
rocking and muttering to himself
had his bearings
Which two words below are synonyms?
lurched
lunged
whimpered
spat
What is the Gestapo?
Hitler's police force
the firemen on the ship
the officers on the ship
"Joseph wasn't able to put his family back together again" is....
a simile, comparing his family to a broken jar
a metaphor, using figurative language to compare his family to a puzzle that is in many pieces
a hyperbole
"They were three lonely islands separated by an ocean of misery" is an example of a _________.
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
Which of these events happened? (There are three)
Josef felt as though he was outside of his own skin as he watched the diver rescue his father
Josef felt like his was the adult and his father was the child
Josef's father would rather die than risk going back to Germany
Josef's father clung to the railing of the ship
Which of these words are synonyms?
quivering
shaking
gazing
gathering
What is the meaning of "haphazard"?
messy
orderly
tired
dull
What does "break the surface" mean?
broke the glass
came up above the water
got his bearings
looked stunned
