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Grade 5 CT - The Clothesline

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the figure of speech in 'flip, flap, flop'.

a)

Personification

b)

Alliteration

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

2.

'Till she was free.' What is referred to as 'she'?

a)

bird

b)

clothesline

c)

handkerchief

d)

peg

3.

What does 'restive' mean in 'like restive horses, they caper and prance'?

a)

restless

b)

restful

c)

relaxed

d)

stressful

4.

'Hid in a ditch or drowned in a sea.' How did the persona feel at this time?

a)

enthusiastic

b)

hopeless

c)

happy

d)

anxious

5.

Clothes are said to be dancing like _______.

a)

birds

b)

wind

c)

air

d)

witches

6.

'Gleam' of the handkerchief is compared to _________.

a)

hollow

b)

Sun

c)

sail

d)

sea

7.

What is the figure of speech in 'merry March wind'?

a)

Onomatopoeia

b)

Personification

c)

Simile

d)

Metaphor

8.

What does word 'flopping' mean?

a)

up and down

b)

dancing and moving

c)

falling and dropping heavily

d)

here and there

9.

Clothes are compared to which animal?

a)

lions

b)

zebras

c)

tigers

d)

horses

10.

Figure of speech used in 'as white as snow'.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration