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James and the Giant Peach chapters 1-2 Comprehension Questions

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

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1.

A simile is a figure of speech in which two unlike objects are compared using the words "like" or "as".

Sentence: The Ocean spread out below him like a magic carpet.

1. What two subjects are compared in the previous sentence?

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2.

A simile is a figure of speech in which two unlike objects are compared using the words "like" or "as".

Sentence: The ocean spread out below him like a magic carpet.

1. What does this simile tell you about the ocean?

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3.

The following simile compares which two objects?

1. Aunt Sponge was like a great white soggy overboiled cabbage

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4.
  1. 1. What is being compared in the following simile?

  2. 2. What does this information tell you about Aunt Spong?

Sentence: Aunt Sponge was like a great white soggy overboiled cabbage.

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5.

What fact about the death of the parents of James Henry Trotter suggests that this will be a fantasy story?

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6.

Why was James miserable in the story?

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7.

Journal Entry

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8.

As soon as he opened the___book, the pages crumbled in his hands

a)

enormous

b)

vast

c)

ancient

d)

shining

9.

Our once busy home felt____once the children left.

a)

desolate

b)

ramshackle

c)

nuisance

d)

spectacles

10.

I must have the frames on my ____ tightened because they keep slipping down on my nose.

a)

radiant

b)

vast

c)

spectacles

d)

enormous