Component 4A Read the text.
Listen and follow along as the teacher reads the texts, and highlight or underline any similes
In pairs, take turns to practice reading the texts aloud to each other.
Literary Descriptions from The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling
Description 1-character
A black shadow dropped down into the circle. It was Bagheera the Black Panther, inky black
over, but with the panther markings showing up in certain lights like the pattern of wateree
Everybody knew Bagheera, and nobody cared to cross his path, for he was as cunning as Ta
as bold as the wild buffalo, and as reckless as the wounded elephant. But he had a voice as
wild honey dripping from a tree, and a skin softer than down.
Description 2-place
Mowgli had never seen an Indian city before, and though this was almost a heap of ruins, it
seemed very wonderful and splendid. Some king had built it long ago on a little hill. You co
trace the stone causeways that led up to the ruined gates where the last splinters of wood
to the worn, rusted hinges. Trees had grown into and out of the walls; the battlements we
tumbled down and decayed, and wild creepers hung out of the windows of the towers on t
walls in bushy hanging clumps.
Component 4B. Questions
Here are some questions about the story. Read each question carefully.
• Can you find the answers in the text? Underline the words in the text that help you answer
questions.
Q1. Who or what is described in Text 1? Who or what is described in Text 2?
Q2. Find at least three (3) similes that describe the character in Text 1? List them here.
Q3. Would you want to be friends with someone like the character in Text 1? Why or why not?
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