INTERNATIONAL HOPE SCHOOL BANGLADESH

2021 – 2022 ACADEMIC YEAR – FIRST TERM

PRIMARY SECTION – ENGLISH LITERATURE – WORKSHEET 1

Name: Sana Dilruba Mostofa IHSB Number:.3572

Grade: 4 ( B ) Date: 20/9/2021

AUTUMN
Literary Devices: Personification
Personification is a figure of speech in which a thing – an idea or an animal – is given human
attributes or qualities. The non-human objects are portrayed in such a way that we feel they have
the ability to act like human beings. So, when we talk about non-human things as I they were
human, we personify them.
For example, when we say, “The sky weeps,” we are giving the sky the ability to cry, which is a
human quality. Thus, we can say that the sky has been personified in the given sentence.

A. Directions: In each sentence, an object is personified. Identify the object that is being
personified and explain which human trait or action is applied to the object or idea.
1. When Monica walked through the shoe store, each shiny pair of high heels called out to her.
a. What is being personified? __________ high heels _____________________________
b. Which human trait or quality is given? __________they can call out___
2. As we walked through the scorching desert, the sun beat down on us.
a. What is being personified? ___________ the sun ____________________________
b. Which human trait or quality is given? _____________It can beat down________________
3.The wind whispered through the dark and gloomy forest.
a. What is being personified? _________ The wind ______________________________
b. Which human trait or quality is given? _______________It can whisper_

B. Read the poem again and underline the line(s) where the poet personifies something.
Explain the lines in your own words within 2-3 sentences:

The mountains grow more vast and more blue. This

is saying that it doesn’t actually move but in your
mind it moves everywhere you see.
 INTERNATIONAL HOPE SCHOOL BANGLADESH
2021 – 2022 ACADEMIC YEAR – FIRST TERM
PRIMARY SECTION – ENGLISH LITERATURE – WORKSHEET 2

Name: Sana Dilruba Mostofa IHSB Number: 3572 Grade: 4 (

B ) Date: 20/9/2021

AUTUMN
1. Poems that do not rhyme are called “free verse”. The poet Wang Wei wrote the poem
“Autumn” in free verse.
Do you like these types of poems? Circle your answer and give a reason for your choice.
Yes No
Reason: I like free verse poem because it is easy to write but I like rhyming word poems too. It is
easy to memorize and more I like to types of poem. I also love to write poems I write free verse
and rhyming poems too. So I like free verse and rhyming poems and to be a poet you should be
good at both types of poems.

Some lines from the poem are given below. In the space provided after each of the lines,
write your own lines but with a rhyming end making your own poem!

It has turned cold

And I am very bored
I take my cane
On the rain
The rays of the setting sun
Turns into night
I throw back my head
On the bed
2. Sort the words according to the seasons they are related to and put them in the table
below.
October, Lemonade, Sun glass, Apple harvest, Swimming pool, Log fire, Hot
drink, Snow man, Halloween
Summer Autumn Winter

Lemonade October Log fire

Sun glass Apple harvest Hot drink

 Swimming pool Halloween Snow man

3. Do you think that the title of the poem “Autumn” is appropriate? Mention which lines of
the poem justify the title.

Waterfall Mountains

Shine

4. Match the words with their meanings:

Hover of very great extent or quantity.

Cane a tree or shrub of temperate climates.

Vast remain in one place in the air.

Willow a walking stick, or an instrument of punishment.

5. Select the words from the given box to fill in the blanks:
hover chilly cane vast willow

a. The government will have to borrow vast amounts of money.

b. Her loud wails shattered the silence of the willow grove.
c. Rotting guavas and fruit flies that hover around them are also prevalent on the ridge route.
d. The man used his cane to trip the purse thief as he ran by.
e. I was glad that she hadn’t kept me waiting since the sky was overcast and it was slightly chilly
.

6. Try to write a short poem by yourself about your favorite season by using poetic devices
like personification, imagery and free verse as the poet used in the poem “Autumn”.

Winter

Winter came,
Clouds growled,
Clouds dancing,
Monster shouting,
Pin drop silence,
Pitch black,
Snow flakes falling
One by one,
The world is going to be freezed soon.