Pinocchio
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CHAPTERS 1-3
VOCABULARY
Pick out the meaning of the words in bold print.
1. The furniture could not have been much simpler: a very old chair, a rickety old bed, and a tumble-down table.
A. messy C. fragile B. shaky D. broken-down
2. When his legs were limbered up, Pinocchio started walking by himself and ran all around the room.
C. stretched C. flexible D. raised D.bent
3. His two wooden feet were making as much noise as twenty peasants in wooden shoes.
E. nobles C. aristocrats F. farmers D. carpenters
4. Geppetto looked like a good man but with boys he was a real tyrant.
G. bully C. tormenter H. leader D. buddy
5. The Carabineer ended matters by setting Pinocchio at liberty and dragging Geppetto to prison.
I. outside C. on hold J. freedom D. close at hand
6. You will grow into a perfect donkey and that you'll be the laughingstock of everyone.
K. idol C. topic L. joke D. flattery 7. But the Cricket instead of being offended at Pinocchio's impudence, continued in the same tone.
M. disrespect C. rudeness N. impatience D. timidity
WORD STUDY
Identify the figurative language used in each sentence.
1. He quickly peeled off the bark and shaped the wood. But as he was about to give it the first blow he heard a voice say: "Please be careful! Do not hit me so hard!"
A. simile C. hyperbole B. metaphor D. personification
2. Pinocchio ran in leaps and bounds, his two wooden feet making as much noise as twenty peasants in wooden shoes.
C. simile C. hyperbole D. metaphor D. personification
3. "Stop laughing, I say!" he roared in a voice of thunder. The mouth stopped laughing, but it stuck out a long tongue.
E. simile C. hyperbole F. metaphor D. personification
CHAPTERS 1-3
VOCABULARY
Pick out the meaning of the words in bold print.
1. The furniture could not have been much simpler: a very old chair, a rickety old bed, and a tumble-down table.
A. messy C. fragile B. shaky D. broken-down
2. When his legs were limbered up, Pinocchio started walking by himself and ran all around the room.
C. stretched C. flexible D. raised D.bent
3. His two wooden feet were making as much noise as twenty peasants in wooden shoes.
E. nobles C. aristocrats F. farmers D. carpenters
4. Geppetto looked like a good man but with boys he was a real tyrant.
G. bully C. tormenter H. leader D. buddy
5. The Carabineer ended matters by setting Pinocchio at liberty and dragging Geppetto to prison.
I. outside C. on hold J. freedom D. close at hand
6. You will grow into a perfect donkey and that you'll be the laughingstock of everyone.
K. idol C. topic L. joke D. flattery 7. But the Cricket instead of being offended at Pinocchio's impudence, continued in the same tone.
M. disrespect C. rudeness N. impatience D. timidity
WORD STUDY
Identify the figurative language used in each sentence.
1. He quickly peeled off the bark and shaped the wood. But as he was about to give it the first blow he heard a voice say: "Please be careful! Do not hit me so hard!"
A. simile C. hyperbole B. metaphor D. personification
2. Pinocchio ran in leaps and bounds, his two wooden feet making as much noise as twenty peasants in wooden shoes.
C. simile C. hyperbole D. metaphor D. personification
3. "Stop laughing, I say!" he roared in a voice of thunder. The mouth stopped laughing, but it stuck out a long tongue.
E. simile C. hyperbole F. metaphor D. personification