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Find, underline and label each example of figurative language

in the paragraph. Check it on the list as you go. You should find
3 simile 1 personification 1 idiom
2 metaphor 5 alliteration
1 hyperbole 1 onomatopoeia

Charlie felt fear crawl up his spine as he tiptoed towards the lake;
crafty, sharply-scaled crocodiles are known to inhabit these misty,
muddied waters. ’Crunch!’ another human skull snapped beneath his
feet. Charlie was playing with fire; he knew that crocodiles were
dangerous. However, he had no choice. He had to be as brave as a lion.
Charlie waded into the murky, brown, water. Was this Wonka’s
chocolate river? No, it smelt like rotting eggs. Suddenly, a humongous
crocodile slithered from the lake side and swam at a million kilometres
an hour. Charlie saw the ripples in the water and caught a flash of the
croc’s eyes which stood out like menacing table tennis balls. Charlie’s
heart became a robotic hammer. The Croc was catching. He’s a bullet
thought Charlie. Sharp triangular teeth closed on his legs just as
Charlie grabbed the land with his hand. Charlie rapidly turned around
and kicked the croc in the head whilst thick, mangled reeds twisted
around his body. The croc retreated and Charlie breathed a huge sigh
of relief.
Read the story again and then answer the questions.
1 Charlie felt fear crawl up his spine as he tiptoed towards the lake;
2 crafty, sharply-scaled crocodiles are known to inhabit these misty,
3 muddied waters. ’Crunch!’ another human skull snapped beneath his feet.
4 Charlie was playing with fire; he knew that crocodiles were dangerous.
5 However, he had no choice. He had to be as brave as a lion.
6 Charlie waded into the murky, brown, water. Was this Wonka’s
7 chocolate river? No, it smelt like rotting eggs. Suddenly, a humongous
8 crocodile slithered from the lake side and swam at a million kilometres
9 an hour. Charlie saw the ripples in the water and caught a flash of the
10 croc’s eyes which stood out like menacing table tennis balls. Charlie’s
11 heart became a robotic hammer. The Croc was catching. He’s a bullet
12 thought Charlie. Sharp triangular teeth closed on his legs just as Charlie
13 grabbed the land with his hand. Charlie rapidly turned around and kicked
14 the croc in the head whilst thick, mangled reeds twisted around his
15 body. The croc retreated and Charlie breathed a huge sigh of relief.

1. In line 1 what does the personification tell you about Charlie’s situation?
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
2. What does the idiom in line 4 tell you about what Charlie was doing?
______________________________________________________
3. In line 7 which of the following words could best be substituted for the
word ‘rotting’ without changing the meaning of the simile or sentence?
a) dancing b) decaying c) decreasing d) duck

4. Identify the metaphor at the end of line 11 and write it on the line.
______________________________________________________

What is the meaning of this metaphor?

______________________________________________________
Figurative Language Stories Task C: Modify Figurative Language

In Task A, you found examples of figurative language in the story.


Choose any 5 of the examples of figurative language and rewrite them,
using the table below. If you choose a simile, you must write a new simile.
Do not change one form of figurative language to another. There are two
examples in the table to help you.

Figurative Original New

Language (from the story) (my own)

personification Charlie felt fear crawl up Charlie felt fear

his spine dash up his throat

simile smelt like rotting eggs smelt like cow dung

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