The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe - Homework task 5

Read Chapters 11-12

Comprehension

Answer the following questions about Chapters 9-10 in full sentences.

1) Give four reasons why Edmund had a difficult journey to the White
Witch’s castle.

2) How was Edmund eventually able to find his way?

3) At the end of Chapter 9, why do you think the White Witch told the
dwarf to prepare her sledge without bells on the harness?

4) In Chapter 10, the children and the beavers walked “in single file”.
What do you think this means?

Figurative language revision

Read the following extracts from the text, then answer the multiple
choice questions to test your understanding of figurative language.

Tick the correct answer:

1) … the little short legs of Mr Beaver going pad-pad-pad-pad through the

snow ...

This is an example of:

alliteration
metaphor
onomatopoeia
2) …little towers with long pointed spires on them, sharp as needles.

This is an example of:

alliteration
simile
metaphor

3) It was very small so that when they all lay down they were all a bundle
of clothes together...

This is an example of:

metaphor
simile
onomatopoeia

4) He knew he could scramble to the top of the bank among bushes and
brambles without being seen...

This is an example of:

simile
alliteration
onomatopoeia