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WorksheetsSenior 2: Unseen Prose Text
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
The story is about...
the confusion of city life.
travelling by train in the city.
the narrator's happiness.
arriving late at work.
Quote a phrase from the first two lines which shows the narrator's emotions.
(a)
The story is written in the...
first person.
second person.
third person.
Quote ONE word that shows the sounds created by the train.
(a)
Quote another word which shows the sounds created by the train
(a)
These words are an example of ...
metaphor.
simile.
alliteration.
onomatopoeia.
An onomatopoeia is...
the repetition of two or more times the first consonant sound in a phrase.
a word that imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes.
the comparison of something to something else.
when the author / poet gives a non-living object, human-like qualities.
How was the author feeling while thinking about Nate’s words?
anxious
upset
happy
jealous
Find a movement word from the passage which suggests this emotion.
(a)
“Everything fades away like a movie with the sound turned down” is an example of ________________________.
simile
metaphor
alliteration
personification
What does this comparison want to explain?
She's watching a movie at the cinema but the volume is too low.
The narrator uses this comparison to show us that she is so lost in her thoughts that she hardly hears the people around her.
The narrator intends to ask her boyfriend for a night out at the cinema.
The narrator is losing her sense of hearing.
“I am a kite” is an example of_______________________.
simile
metaphor
personification
alliteration
Find the best option that describes this metaphor.
The narrator has shape-shifted into a kite.
The narrator feels she is flying above common people because she is feeling so happy, just like a kite flying in the air.
The narrator has just bought a colourful kite.
The narrator's kite has been given human-like qualities.
Who do you think is speaking here --- “I made the biggest mistake of my life when I lost you and I’ve never stopped regretting it” ?
Nate
The narrator
What effect do you think this creates in the passage?
The narrator is talking to herself.
The narrator is rethinking about the exact words that Nate had told her earlier that day.
The narrator is thinking about her lost purse and where she could have possibly left it.
