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Metalanguage Mastery Worksheet

Read the short scene, then use your knowledge of metalanguage to investigate how its words create meaning. Answer every question. For open responses, answers may vary; the answer field gives one suitable example.

The lighthouse at Breaker Point

On Saturday, Omar and Hamish were helping at a community clean-up near an old lighthouse. The sky wore a grey blanket, and the wind shoved at their jackets. “What a perfect day for a picnic,” Hamish said, as rain began to tap on the path. Omar spotted a bright red kite tangled in the fence. “That kite is a stubborn little prisoner,” she said. They freed it, but the kite’s tail snagged again almost at once. Hamish sighed. “A free kite, trapped again. That’s just great.” At last the clouds parted, and sunlight spilled across the beach. Omar grinned: “The storm has finally let us go.”

Spot and explain the choices

Use evidence from the scene in your answers.

1.Match each term to its definition. Write the matching letter for each term.

1. Personification
2. Metaphor
3. Tone
4. Irony

D. A direct comparison that says one thing is another
A. A writer’s or speaker’s attitude towards a subject
B. A contrast between what is expected and what actually happens
C. Giving human actions or qualities to something non-human

2.In “The sky wore a grey blanket”, which technique is used, and what does the phrase suggest about the sky?

3.Copy one phrase from the scene that gives a non-human thing a human action or quality. Name the thing being personified.

4.Hamish says, “What a perfect day for a picnic,” as rain begins to fall. Why is this ironic?

5.What is the most likely tone of Hamish’s final comment, “A free kite, trapped again. That’s just great”?

Sincere excitement
Sarcasm and frustration
Fear and panic
Formal seriousness

6.Explain how the situation helps you recognise the tone of “That’s just great”.

7.In “rain began to tap on the path”, identify the repeated initial consonant sound and name the sound technique.

8.Which phrase is an oxymoron: “grey blanket”, “free kite”, “deafening silence” or “bright red”?

Grey blanket
Free kite
Deafening silence
Bright red

9.Omar says, “That kite is a stubborn little prisoner.” Is this a metaphor or a simile? Explain how you know.

10.Rewrite Hamish’s comment “That’s just great” so that it sounds genuinely delighted. Keep the situation the same.

11.Write an original metaphor for the sunlight appearing after the storm. Do not use “like” or “as”.

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