Figurative Language and Tone Worksheet
📝 Worksheet medium ⏱️ 20 minutes 8 problems
Figurative Language and Tone Worksheet
Grade 6 English Language Arts LearnCrux.com
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Directions
- Fill in each blank carefully.
- Circle or mark the best answer for each multiple-choice question.
- Match each prompt to the best option before writing your answer.
- Use the larger space to show your thinking on word problems.
1. Language that means more than the literal words say is __ language.
2. Which phrase is most likely figurative?
3. Match the term to its meaning: tone
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Answer:
4. If a writer uses words like gloomy, silent, and empty, the tone is probably __.
5. Why is naming a metaphor not enough?
6. Which word pair best shows different connotations?
7. A word’s emotional shading beyond its dictionary meaning is called its __.
8. Why should readers collect several word-choice clues before naming tone?
📋 Teacher Answer Key
1. figurative
2. The city never sleeps.
3. the attitude created by the author’s language
4. somber
5. Readers also need to explain what the metaphor means and how it affects the passage
6. childlike and childish
7. connotation
8. A pattern of language gives a more reliable sense of tone than one isolated word