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Hiranandani Foundation School

International
2022-2023
II Weekly Test
SUBJECT: English Language GRADE – VI DIV- DATE: 11 November,
A/B/C 2022

STUDENT`S NAME: TOPIC - Writer’s Effect Practice Worksheet

This is a Practice Sheet

I- Read the following short paragraphs and fill in the Evidence, Explanation, and
Effect in the table given below.

1- The sunflowers in the vase aren't simply dead, they're dried like the
ornamental blooms my nan once suspended in her kitchen. Somehow the petals
remain stuck fast, radiating around the brown centre, its pure chocolate hues so
bold in the pale room.

Sr Evidence Explanation Effect


no

they're dried like the Fig of speech-similie, The writer has created
ornamental blooms Anti-thesis vivid imagery in the
my nan once readers mind that the
suspended in her sunflowers are dried but
kitchen. hues so bold the leaves are still there
in the pale room. and also creating a
contrast

2- In monochrome musings the moon is a deep silver ballerina, turning


pirouettes with perfect form.

Sr no Evidence Explanation Effect

In monochrome Fig of speech- Writer has created a visual


musings the moon Metaphor imagery that the moon is

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is a deep silver monotone
ballerina

3- Each raindrop is like a kaleidoscope if we could only see more closely. I wonder
as I walk how it would be to stop time, to suspend this watery gift, and peek through
each one.

Sr no Evidence Explanation Effect

Each raindrop is Fig of sppech-similie The writer has created


like a visual imageryof how a
kaleidoscope. water drop is a
suspend kaleidoscope
watery gift, and
peek through each
one.

4- The clouds were arranged as neatly as a child's toys, scattered over blue,
content to drift where they fell. The morning sun had the potential to bring a day
as hot as yesterday, but those wonderful puffs of white radiated it back out into
space. The air was cooler, the colours less vivid and all without a drop of rain.

Sr no Evidence Explanation Effect

The clouds were Fig of speech-


arranged as neatly similie,metaphor,con The writer has created a
as a child's toys. textual meaning visual imagery of how
The morning sun clear the clouds are.
had the potential
to bring a day as
hot as yesterday.
wonderful puffs of
white radiated

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5- A black shadow dropped down into the circle. It was Bagheera the Black
Panther, inky black all over, but with the panther markings showing up in certain
lights like the pattern of watered silk.

Sr no Evidence Explanation Effect

but with the Fig of speech- simile The writer has created a
panther markings visual imagery about the
showing up in shadow
certain lights like
the pattern of
watered silk.

6- When I saw the dove soar high above my home, I immediately knew that the
worst was over.

Sr no Evidence Explanation Effect

Dove soar high Fig of speech- anti- The writer has created a
above my home thesis starking contrast

7- After losing my loved one, I spent several weeks drowned in a sea of grief.

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Sr no Evidence Explanation Effect

drowned in a sea Fig of speech- hyper The writer is creating a


of grief. bole emotional association

8- The ocean’s water is as clear as crystal.

Sr no Evidence Explanation Effect

water is as clear Fig of speech-simile The writer is trying t0o


as crystal create an effect that the
ocean water is clear as
crystal

9- The night was calm. The only sound that could be heard was that of the howling
winds.

Sr no Evidence Explanation Effect

Howling winds Fig of speech- The writer has created


Metaphor auditory imagery

10- The Corona Virus Pandemic and lockdown era showed us tougher times. A
normal 24 hours a day seemed like a month, and months seemed to be years.

Sr Evidence Explanation Effect


no

A normal 24 hours a Fig of speech- The writer is exaggerated


day seemed like a Hyperbole the coronavirus very much
month, and months

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seemed to be years.

11- As we walked through the thick forest, I looked back and saw an angry, green,
venomous snake crawling from beneath the thick shrubs.

Sr no Evidence Explanation Effect

angry, green, Adjectives- The writer has used


venomous snake angry,green,venomu starking adjectives to
crawling from s,thick describe the snake &
beneath the thick forest thereby creating a
shrubs. visual imagery

12- For many reasons, the dark forest is my greatest fear, though not a fear that I
necessarily like to venture into.

Sr no Evidence Explanation Effect

the dark forest is Fig of speech-Anti- The writer has written 2


my greatest fear, thesis completely different ideas
though not a fear
that I necessarily
like to venture

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into.

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