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Figurative Language Practice I Name : ________________________________________ Date: ______________ Class: ________ Princess Penelope 1.) Tonight was the night she had been waiting for. Princess Penelope was head over 2.) heels for Prince Patrick and she had finally persuaded her father to allow her to 3.) attend the annual royal ball. She could hardly wait. Upon hearing the news, 4.) Penelope had sprinted like a cheetah all the way down to the royal dress shop to 5.) pick out the perfect dress. As she searched through the racks, each dress seemed 6.) to shudder with excitement, waiting to be chosen. Glancing around, Penelope’s 7.) eyes landed on the most beautiful dress ever made. The dress was a sparkling 8.) ruby as it reflected light from every angle. Penelope thought the dress must be 9.) the color of Dorothy’s slippers. Trying on the dress, Penelope knew it was meant 10.) to be worn by her. Now at the ball, her dress swished as she passed the prince. 11.)When she turned around, she found his eyes fixed on hers like laser beams. # Figurative Language Original (from story) New (your own example) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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Figurative  Language  Practice  I    

Name  :    ________________________________________   Date:  ______________   Class:    ________    

Princess  Penelope    1.)  Tonight  was  the  night  she  had  been  waiting  for.  Princess  Penelope  was  head  over    2.)  heels  for  Prince  Patrick  and  she  had  finally  persuaded  her  father  to  allow  her  to    3.)  attend  the  annual  royal  ball.  She  could  hardly  wait.  Upon  hearing  the  news,    4.)  Penelope  had  sprinted  like  a  cheetah  all  the  way  down  to  the  royal  dress  shop  to    5.)  pick  out  the  perfect  dress.  As  she  searched  through  the  racks,  each  dress  seemed    6.)  to  shudder  with  excitement,  waiting  to  be  chosen.  Glancing  around,  Penelope’s    7.)  eyes  landed  on  the  most  beautiful  dress  ever  made.  The  dress  was  a  sparkling    8.)  ruby  as  it  reflected  light  from  every  angle.  Penelope  thought  the  dress  must  be    9.)  the  color  of  Dorothy’s  slippers.  Trying  on  the  dress,  Penelope  knew  it  was  meant    10.)  to  be  worn  by  her.  Now  at  the  ball,  her  dress  swished  as  she  passed  the  prince.    11.)When  she  turned  around,  she  found  his  eyes  fixed  on  hers  like  laser  beams.      #   Figurative  Language   Original  (from  story)   New  (your  own  example)    1    

     

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Figurative  Language  Practice  II    

Princess  Penelope    1.)  Tonight  was  the  night  she  had  been  waiting  for.  Princess  Penelope  was  head  over    2.)  heels  for  Prince  Patrick  and  she  had  finally  persuaded  her  father  to  allow  her  to    3.)  attend  the  annual  royal  ball.  She  could  hardly  wait.  Upon  hearing  the  news,    4.)  Penelope  had  sprinted  like  a  cheetah  all  the  way  down  to  the  royal  dress  shop  to    5.)  pick  out  the  perfect  dress.  As  she  searched  through  the  racks,  each  dress  seemed    6.)  to  shudder  with  excitement,  waiting  to  be  chosen.  Glancing  around,  Penelope’s    7.)  eyes  landed  on  the  most  beautiful  dress  ever  made.  The  dress  was  a  sparkling    8.)  ruby  as  it  reflected  light  from  every  angle.  Penelope  thought  the  dress  must  be    9.)  the  color  of  Dorothy’s  slippers.  Trying  on  the  dress,  Penelope  knew  it  was  meant    10.)  to  be  worn  by  her.  Now  at  the  ball,  her  dress  swished  as  she  passed  the  prince.    11.)When  she  turned  around,  she  found  his  eyes  fixed  on  hers  like  laser  beams.        Directions:    Choose  the  best  answer(s)  for  each  of  the  following  questions.      1.  In  line  1,  the  princess’s  name  contains  alliteration.  Which  of  the  following  last  names  for  the  princess  would  be  consistent  with  this  alliteration?    

Jones  Pellum  Phillips  Peterson  Queen  Parker  

 2.  According  to  the  simile  in  line  4,  the  princess  ran  swiftly  to  the  dress  shop.  This  reveals  that  the  princess  is…    

Excited  Sluggish  Despairing  Melancholy  Lackadaisical  Foolish  

 3.  In  line  4,  which  of  the  following  words  could  best  be  substituted  for  the  word  “cheetah”  without  changing  the  meaning  of  the  simile  or  sentence?    

Olympic  runner  Quickly  Puppy  Lightning  

4.  In  order  to  understand  the  allusion  in  line  8,  the  reader  must…    

Know  someone  named  Dorothy  Be  familiar  with  The  Wizard  of  Oz  Have  slippers  like  Dorothy’s    Be  able  to  correctly  define  allusion  

   

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5.  What  is  the  best  meaning  for  the  idiom  in  lines  1-­‐2?    Princess  Penelope  was  head  over  heels  for  Prince  Patrick  and  she  finally  persuaded  her  father  to  allow  her  to  attend  the  annual  royal  ball.        

Being  in  love  Bobbing  for  apples  Being  excited  by  or  about  someone  Tripping  and  falling