Figurative Language - Worksheet 2
Grade 3•Reading•Figurative Language
Aligned to: RL.3.1
Read the poem "My Shadow" by Robert Louis Stevenson. Identify figurative language and imagery.
1.
My Shadow
by Robert Louis Stevenson
poetry · 97 words
11 I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me,
2 2 And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
3 3 He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;
4 4 And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.
5 5 The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow—
6 6 Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;
7 7 He sometimes shoots up taller like an india-rubber ball,
8 8 And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all.
Answer the 5 questions below.
2.
What figurative language does the poet use?
A.The shadow shoots up like an india-rubber ball is a simile
B.There is no figurative language
C.It means exactly what it says
D.It is about something else
3.
What imagery does the poet use to help you visualize the scene?
4.
Find an example of simile in the poem.
5.
Find an example of imagery in the poem.
6.
Find an example of rhyme in the poem.