Name ____________________________ Date _______________________
At the beginning of chapter two, Fly, the black and white collie (type of dog), was training her puppies to herd like sheepdogs. The author explains the following on page 16:
Already the puppies were beginning to move as sheepdogs, seeming to creep rather than walk…
Babe – page 16
o Explain the difference between “creeping” and “walking”. You should use the textual clues, your background knowledge of sheepdogs, and a dictionary to distinguish between the two different movements.
Examine how the author uses figurative language in the excerpt below.
At this point there came from the kitchen window a long burst of words like the rattle of a machine gun, answered by a single shot from the stables, and Farmer Hogget emerged and crossed the yard toward the farmhouse with his loping stride.
Babe – page 18
o Using what we learned about Mr. and Mrs. Hogget in chapter one, describe what the author intended by saying “a long burst of words like the rattle of a machine gun, answered by a single shot from the stables…”.
