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WorksheetsStudySync, Eleven- Similes, Metaphors, and Personification
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 19mins
A simile _________.
Giving human characteristics to something non-human
directly comparing two seemingly unlike things
by equating one thing to another or calling one thing another
uses the words like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things.
A metaphor _________.
Giving human characteristics to something non-human
directly comparing two seemingly unlike things
by equating one thing to another or calling one thing another
uses the words like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things.
Personification _________.
Giving human characteristics to something non-human
directly comparing two seemingly unlike things
by equating one thing to another or calling one thing another
uses the words like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things.
Read the following. Identify the type of figurative language. "Her hair was as black as coal."
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Read the following. Identify the type of figurative language. "Life is a Highway."
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Read the following. Identify the type of figurative language. "The lightning danced across the sky."
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Read the following. Identify the type of figurative language. "The last piece of pie called my name."
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Read the following. Identify the type of figurative language. "Mrs. Phillips is a night owl."
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
What is the meaning of the simile? "His mind is like an encyclopedia."
He memorized the encyclopedia.
He's good at using an encyclopedia.
He's never heard of Google.
He's extremely intelligent.
What is the meaning of the simile? "She was like a wasp from a disturbed nest."
She was angry.
She was trying to kill the wasps.
She found several wasp nests in her yard.
She thought it would be fun to poke the wasp nests.
What is the meaning of the metaphor? "Life is a roller coaster."
Roller coasters are the best thing in life.
Life has many ups and downs. It's full of lots of emotions.
Everyone should ride a roller coaster at least once in their life.
Standing in line for the roller coaster seemed to take a lifetime.
What is the meaning of the personification? "The flowers were begging for water."
The flowers wanted to go swimming.
The flowers were wilted and needed to be watered.
There was not enough water to go around, so some of the flowers had to drink cola.
What is the meaning of the the personification? "My alarm clock kept yelling at me."
My alarm clock yells, "Time to get up!"
There was a recording of my dad on my alarm clock yelling at me to get out of bed.
The alarm on my clock was loud and didn't stop.
From “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros
14 In my head I'm thinking how long till lunchtime, how long till I can take the red sweater and throw it over the schoolyard fence, or leave it hanging on a parking meter, or bunch it up into a little ball and toss it in the alley. Except when math period ends Mrs. Price says loud and in front of everybody, "Now, Rachel, that's enough," because she sees I've shoved the red sweater to the tippy-tip corner of my desk and it's hanging over the edge like a waterfall, but I don't care.
How does the figurative language in paragraph 14 help readers understand Rachel’s reaction to the sweater?
The metaphors in the paragraph make it clear to readers that Rachel is overreacting about the sweater.
The metaphors in the paragraph help readers understand how Rachel feels about the sweater.
The simile in the paragraph makes it clear to readers that Rachel is overreacting about the sweater.
The simile in the paragraph helps readers understand how Rachel feels about the sweater.
That's when everything I've been holding in since this morning, since when Mrs. Price put the sweater on my desk, finally lets go, and all of a sudden I'm crying in front of everybody. I wish I was invisible but I'm not. I'm eleven and it's my birthday today and I'm crying like I'm three in front of everybody. I put my head down on the desk and bury my face in my stupid clown-sweater arms. My face all hot and spit coming out of my mouth because I can't stop the little animal noises from coming out of me until there aren't any more tears left in my eyes, and it's just my body shaking like when you have the hiccups, and my whole head hurts like when you drink milk too fast.
How does the figurative language in paragraph 19 help readers visualize Rachel’s behavior?
The similes about her body shaking “like when you have the hiccups” and her head hurting “like when you drink milk too fast” connect to unpleasant experiences most readers have had.
The mention of “little animal noises” tells readers that Rachel is acting more like an animal than a human.
The metaphor of “clown-sweater arms” shows that Rachel is able to see the humorous side in her experience.
The statement that “there aren’t any more tears left in [her] eyes” suggests that Rachel is starting to calm down.
From “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros
"Because the way you grow old is kind of like an onion or like the rings inside a tree trunk or like my little wooden dolls that fit one inside the other, each year inside the next one. That's how being eleven years old is. "
Explain the meaning of the similes in this excerpt.
She really likes onion rings and hopes to have some for her birthday dinner.
She collects dolls.
As you get older you get more layers.
Being eleven is challenging.
From “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros
"It has to belong to somebody," Mrs. Price keeps saying, but nobody can remember. It's an ugly sweater with red plastic buttons and a collar and sleeves all stretched out like you could use it for a jump rope. It's maybe a thousand years old and even if it belonged to me I wouldn't say so.
Explain the author's purpose in using the simile in the excerpt.
The author wants the reader to think the narrator wants to play jump rope during recess.
The author's wants to emphasize that the fact that the sweater is old.
The author wants to emphasize how worn out the sweater is.
The author wants to emphasize that the sweater does not belong to the narrator..
From “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros
"I wish I was anything but eleven, because I want today to be far away already, far away like a runaway balloon, like a tiny o in the sky, so tiny-tiny you have to close your eyes to see it."
Explain the author's purpose in using the simile in the excerpt.
The author wants the reader to think about how small this problem was in the grand scheme of life.
The author's wants the reader to realize that Rachel wants to forget about what happened to ruin her birthday.
The author wants the reader to realize that Rachel wants to go on a hot air balloon ride for her birthday.
The author wants to emphasize that Rachel is upset because her birthday is ruined.
