WorksheetsThe Taste of Watermelon
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is the title of the short story?
Tasty Watermelon
The Taste of Watermelon
Watermelon Spoiling on the Vine
Seedless Watermelons
What point of view is the story told from?
View point
In the first-person point of view, the person telling the story is a character. It uses the pronouns “I”, “me” or “myself” to tell the events of the story.
A second person point of view allows you, the reader, to experience the story through a "you" perspective.
A third-person narrator tells a story that is happening to other people. It uses the pronouns “he”, “she” or “they”.
None of the above
A character is a person, or sometimes even an animal, who takes part in the action of a short story or other literary work. Who are the TWO main characters in the story?
Wilma
Watermelon
Narrator
Mr. Willis
Fredrick
The setting of a short story is the time and place in which it happens. Name the THREE main settings of the story.
Park
Creek
Beach
Watermelon field
Mr Willis's house
In what season does the story take place?
Winter
Autumn
Summer
Fall
Spring
What is the moral or lesson you learned from the story?
Stealing leads to guilt
Friends can be loyal
The importance of honesty
Girlfriends get you in trouble
The narrator uses what literary device when he says, “It took about a hundred years to push that melon out of the field”? What device is used?
Metaphor
Smile
Hyperbole
Simile
The narrator uses a literary device when he says, “It took about a hundred years to push that melon out of the field.” What purpose does the literary device serve?
Did the narrator enjoy the taste of the watermelon? Explain your answer.
