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Features

  • The New Puppy, told by the family cat and by Nora
  • Moving Day, told by Sam and by his little sister
  • How a narrator's point of view shapes what is described
  • The Storm Rolls In, a story rich in figurative language
  • Similes, metaphors, personification and hyperbole in context
  • Simile, metaphor or personification? A sort
  • Answer keys included

Skills Covered

  • Explain how a narrator's point of view shapes a story
  • Compare two narrators of one event
  • Work out similes, metaphors and personification
  • Tell kinds of figurative language apart

How to Use This Pack

Pages 1 to 4 tell two events, each by two narrators side by side, with questions on the next page. Pages 5 and 6 are a story rich in figurative language and its questions, and page 7 sorts similes, metaphors and personification.

In the Classroom

Read the two tellings of one event aloud in two different voices. Ask students to find one detail both narrators mention and to say how each makes it sound.

At Home

Ask your child to describe something that happened today first as they saw it, then as a pet or a younger sibling might have seen it.

Tips for Success

  • A narrator's feelings color how events are described
  • Look for a detail that both narrators tell about
  • A simile uses like or as; a metaphor says one thing is another
  • Personification gives human actions to things that are not human

Narrators and Figurative Language for 5th Grade

5th Grade

Two events each told side by side by two narrators who see them very differently, and a summer storm story full of similes, metaphors and personification. Students explain how a narrator's point of view shapes what is described and work out what figurative language means.

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What’s Included

  • 2 events told by two narrators, each with a page of questions
  • 1 story rich in figurative language, with a page of questions
  • 1 sort of similes, metaphors and personification
  • Answer keys
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