Figurative Language - Worksheet 4
Grade 3•Reading•Figurative Language
Aligned to: RL.3.1
Read the poem "Bed in Summer" by Robert Louis Stevenson. Identify figurative language and imagery.
1.
Bed in Summer
by Robert Louis Stevenson
poetry · 86 words
11 In winter I get up at night
2 2 And dress by yellow candle-light.
3 3 In summer, quite the other way,
4 4 I have to go to bed by day.
5 5 I have to go to bed and see
6 6 The birds still hopping on the tree,
7 7 Or hear the grown-up people's feet
8 8 Still going past me in the street.
9 9 And does it not seem hard to you,
1010 When all the sky is clear and blue,
1111 And I should like so much to play,
1212 To have to go to bed by day?
Answer the 5 questions below.
2.
What imagery does the poet use?
A.The child sees birds hopping and hears adults walking when going to bed in summer
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 rhyme in the poem.
5.
Find an example of imagery in the poem.
6.
Find an example of rhyme in the poem.