Figurative Language - Worksheet 3
Grade 5•Reading•Figurative Language
Aligned to: RL.5.1
Read the poem "A Bird Came Down the Walk" by Emily Dickinson. Identify figurative language and imagery.
1.
A Bird Came Down the Walk
by Emily Dickinson
poetry · 107 words
11 A bird came down the walk:
2 2 He did not know I saw;
3 3 He bit an angle-worm in halves
4 4 And ate the fellow raw,
5 5 And then he drank a dew
6 6 From a convenient grass,
7 7 And then hopped sidewise to the wall
8 8 To let a beetle pass.
9 9 He glanced with rapid eyes
1010 That hurried all abroad,—
1111 They looked like frightened beads, I thought;
1212 He stirred his velvet head
1313 Like one in danger; cautious,
1414 I offered him a crumb,
1515 And he unrolled his feathers
1616 And rowed him softer home
1717 Than oars divide the ocean,
1818 Too silver for a seam,
1919 Or butterflies, off banks of noon,
2020 Leap, plashless, as they swim.
Answer the 6 questions below.
2.
What figurative language does the poet use?
A.The bird's eyes are compared to frightened beads (simile)
B.There is no figurative language
C.It means exactly what it says
D.It is about something else
3.
What figurative language does the poet use?
A.Flying is compared to rowing through the ocean (metaphor)
B.There is no figurative language
C.It means exactly what it says
D.It is about something else
4.
What imagery does the poet use?
A.The bird eats a worm and drinks dew from grass
B.There is no figurative language
C.It means exactly what it says
D.It is about something else
5.
What imagery does the poet use to help you visualize the scene?
6.
Find an example of simile in the poem.
7.
Find an example of imagery in the poem.