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a. Father and Delia b. Eddie and Beryuk c. Delia and Centipede d. Delia and Eddie
II. LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE: Decide if the sentences below use literal and figurative languages. Then,
place an L for literal or an F for figurative before each number.
________ 2. Lauren has made up her mind to volunteer every Tuesday after school.
________ 3. Thinking about summer camp makes me feel like a bundle of joy and sunshine.
________ 5. Emma may seem clumsy, but onstage she dances like a gazelle.
________ 8. Before the soccer match, both teams attended a sportsmanship program.
________ 9. I have a ton of paperwork to do before I can enjoy the sun this summer.
III. FIGURES OF SPEECH: Read each item carefully.Then, encircle the letter of the correct answer in your
paper.
1. A figure of speech is
3. The figure of speech in which the author makes an obvious exaggeration for emphasis is
5. What is the figure of speech in which objects and animals have human characteristics?
6.Grasshoppers are fiddlers who play their legs. What figure of speech is being used in this line?
7. What figure of speech is being used in this line She smells a morning fragrance.
8. The mother has ten thousand mouths to feed. Of the following, what figure of speech is presented int his line?
9. My brother runs like a kangaroo. What figure of speech is used in this sentence?
10. You are beautiful. You look like a vase! This is an example of
IV. DETERMINERS: Choose a suitable word from the options given and complete the story from Tunisia.
A weary traveller stopped at a Bedouin's tent and asked for shelter for the night. Without (a) ____________
delay, the man killed (b) _________ chicken and handed it to (c) ________ wife for (d) _______guest's supper. As
the woman stirred the meat in (e) ______________ copper cooking pot, she smelled the rich steam and could not
resist tasting (f) _________of the meat and soup, to see if it was soft and tasty. But mouthful followed mouthful,
and there wasn't (g) _________ chicken left, but for the neck piece, which she gave to her little son to nibble. The
boy found it so tasty that he whined, "Give me (h) ______ more chicken, mother!" The woman slapped the little
boy and scolded him: "It's a shameful habit (i) ______ father taught you, enough of it, I tell you!" On the (j)
_______ side of the wooden hanging which screened the woman's part of the tent from the rest, the traveller
overheard them. "What habit has (k) _________ father taught (l) ___________ child?" he asked curiously. "Oh,"
said the woman, "whenever a guest arrives at (m) ________ tent, he cuts off his ears and roasts them over the fire
for (n) _______ son to eat." Making not a sound, the traveller picked up (o) ______shoes and ran.