WorksheetsKing & the Dragonflies Chapter 7
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
'But I know the thought alone makes me feel like I'm going to burn up in a thousand fires' is
Personification.
Metaphor.
Simile.
Hyperbole.
'But I know the thought alone makes me feel like I'm going to burn up in a thousand fires' suggests King is feeling
Lonely.
Scared.
happy.
ashamed.
'That sob comes out like a sharp breath, like my mom stuck her hand into a pot of boiling water…' is
a simile.
a metaphor.
personification.
hyperbole.
'....she slid to the ground, now screaming so loud she rattled my bones' is
personification.
a metaphor.
hyperbole.
a simile.
'She let out another low, rumbling sob that sounded like the earth shifting beneath our feet, splitting the world right in two...' is
a metaphor.
a simile.
personification.
hyperbole.
'The scream still echoes in my ears. Like all the pain in the world, all the sadness and loneliness and heartbreak, is funnelled through my mom's lungs...' combines which two language features:
simile and personification
alliteration and hyperbole
symbolism and metaphor
hyperbole and simile
'Dishes clink in the sink...' is
onomatopoeia
alliteration
assonance
metaphor
'...Crying those silent tears like he did at the funeral, all of the water of the world pouring out of him...' is an example of which language feature?
Personification
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Simile
'...but his face is as still as a painting, as still as the day I saw his old body lying in that casket, as still as it is under the dirt right now...' is an example of which two language features?
Simile and Anaphora
'...today the pain sits heavy on my chest...' is an example of which language feature?
'...White bubbles popping...' is an example of which language feature?
'I take a deep breath like I'm about to dive under water...' is an example of which language feature?
