WorksheetsFigurative Language in "The Willow and the Ginkgo"
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
What is PERSONIFICATION?
an over-exaggeration
comparing two things using "like" or "as"
giving human qualities to something that isn't human
What is a METAPHOR?
repetition of the same beginning sound several times in a sentence
the use of sensory descriptions to describe the way something tastes, feels, looks, smells, or sounds
comparing two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"
What is ALLITERATION?
repetition of the same beginning sound several times in a sentence
giving human qualities to something that isn't human
words that have the same ending sound
What is a SIMILE?
words that wound like action in real life
comparing two things USING "like" or "as"
comparing two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as"
What is an ONOMATOPOEIA?
repeating the same beginning sound several times in a sentence
a word that sounds like action in real life
an over-exaggeration
"The ginkgo is like a crude sketch" is an example of what?
Metaphor
Simile
Hyperbole
"The willow's branches are like silken thread" is an example of what kind of figurative language?
Simile
Imagery
Onomatopoeia
"The ginkgo forces its way through gray concrete
Like a city child, it grows up in the street"
is an example of what two kinds of figurative language?
Hyperbole & onomatopoeia
Personification & Simile
Alliteration & Rhyme
What is the poet saying about the Willow tree?
It's an ugly tree
It's a beautiful tree
It's a strange tree
What is the poet saying about the Ginkgo tree?
Though it's not the prettiest tree, they still love it
It's an ugly tree
It's the prettiest tree
