Figurative Language - Worksheet 4
Grade 5•Reading•Figurative Language
Aligned to: RL.5.1
Read the poem "The Jumblies" by Edward Lear. Identify figurative language and imagery.
1.
The Jumblies
by Edward Lear
poetry · 110 words
11 They went to sea in a Sieve, they did,
2 2 In a Sieve they went to sea:
3 3 In spite of all their friends could say,
4 4 On a winter's morn, on a stormy day,
5 5 In a Sieve they went to sea!
6 6 And when the Sieve turned round and round,
7 7 And every one cried, "You'll all be drowned!"
8 8 They called aloud, "Our Sieve ain't big,
9 9 But we don't care a button! We don't care a fig!
1010 In a Sieve we'll go to sea!"
1111 Far and few, far and few,
1212 Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
1313 Their heads are green, and their hands are blue,
1414 And they went to sea in a Sieve.
Answer the 6 questions below.
2.
What imagery does the poet use?
A.The Jumblies have green heads and blue hands
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 nonsense in the poem.
5.
Find an example of imagery in the poem.
6.
Find an example of rhyme in the poem.
7.
Find an example of repetition in the poem.