Class 6 Grammar Worksheet: Comparing Author Styles [Free Printable PDF]

Class 6 Grammar Worksheet: Comparing Author Styles [Free Printable PDF]

Have you ever noticed that some stories use long, flowing sentences while others use short, punchy ones? That is part of an author's style. In Grade 6, you learn how to compare the writing styles of different authors. This English worksheet on comparing author's style helps you practice reading a beautiful story, identifying the author's techniques, and answering different types of questions. Whether you are writing an essay or just thinking about what makes a story unique, learning how to compare author styles makes you a more thoughtful reader.

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What Is the Topic?

Author's style is the unique way a writer uses language. It includes word choice (diction), sentence length and structure, use of figurative language (similes, metaphors, personification), tone, and imagery. This worksheet helps students learn how to read a story and analyze its style. Students read a story called “The Banyan Tree and the Boy” about a boy named Arun who loves an ancient banyan tree that is threatened by a new road. After reading the story, students answer multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, true and false statements, choose the correct word in sentences, and write a short paragraph comparing the author's style in this story with another story they have read.

What’s in This Worksheet?

1. Multiple choice questions to test understanding of the story and its stylistic elements
2. Fill in the blanks to check memory and vocabulary from the story
3. True and false statements to help pay attention to details
4. Underline the correct word – choosing the right word to complete sentences from the story
5. Paragraph writing activity to compare the author's style with another story
6. A rich, descriptive story full of similes, metaphors, and vivid imagery
7. Questions about specific stylistic choices made by the author

Definitions, Examples, Techniques, and Tips

This worksheet focuses on understanding author's style based on a short story. Here are important examples of stylistic elements from the story:

Similes (comparisons using “like” or “as”):
- “Its aerial roots hung down like the strings of a thousand veenas.”
- “They moved with purpose, like soldiers going to war.”
- “The bark was rough and cool, like the skin of an elephant that had slept for centuries.”
- “The sound was a rusty door opening.”
- “The marble was warm and smooth. It shone like a tiny planet.”
- “The moon was rising, pale and thin as a fingernail clipping.”
- “Arun felt something crack inside him, like ice breaking on a river.”
- “In the moonlight, it looked like a blue eye.”

Metaphors (comparisons without “like” or “as”):
- “The dappled light that fell through the leaves—green-gold coins that moved when the wind blew.”
- “The crow’s caw was a rusty door opening.”
- “The tree did not need him to save it. The tree had seen empires rise and fall.”

Personification (giving human qualities to non-human things):
- “The tree stood in the darkness, patient and silent.”
- “The wind blew through the leaves. It sounded like the tree was sighing. Or maybe it was laughing.”
- “The marble looked like a blue eye—the eye of the tree, watching him.”

Sensory details (appealing to sight, sound, touch):
- Sight: “dappled light,” “green-gold coins,” “blue glass marble,” “pale moon”
- Sound: “cawed once,” “rusty door opening,” “wind blew through the leaves”
- Touch: “rough and cool bark,” “warm and smooth marble”

Through exercises such as multiple choice questions and fill in the blanks, students develop a clear understanding of how to identify and analyze author's style.

Why Is It Important to Learn This?

Learning to compare author's style helps students appreciate the craft of writing. It allows them to:
- Understand how different authors create different effects
- Recognize the techniques that make a story unique
- Apply what they learn to their own writing

This skill is essential for literature classes, book reports, and becoming a better writer. The worksheet shows how one author uses similes, metaphors, and personification to create a rich, emotional story.

Where Will This Knowledge Help You?

Understanding author's style helps students in:
- School exams where literary analysis questions are asked
- Writing essays that compare different texts
- Participating in class discussions about what makes a story effective
- Developing their own unique writing style

It also improves reading comprehension as students learn to notice the choices authors make.

How to Use This Worksheet?

1. Attempt each question independently without help
2. Carefully read the story “The Banyan Tree and the Boy” on page 3
3. Pay attention to the similes, metaphors, and sensory details the author uses
4. For the multiple choice questions, base your answers only on the story
5. For the fill-in-the-blanks, use the exact words from the passage
6. For the paragraph writing, think of another story you have read and compare its style to this one
7. Review your answers after completing the worksheet
8. Compare your responses with the answer key provided below

The solutions follow the exact worksheet order, so students should compare their answers carefully.

Important Tips and Tricks

1. Read the story slowly and underline all the similes and metaphors. Notice how often the author uses “like” or “as”
2. Pay attention to sentence length. Some sentences are short: “The tree simply was.” Others are longer and more descriptive
3. Notice how the author uses sensory details to make you see, hear, and feel the scene
4. For the paragraph writing, think about another story you have read in class. Compare:
  - Does the other author use many similes like this one?
  - Are the sentences longer or shorter?
  - Does the other author use personification?
  - Is the tone similar or different?
5. Remember that “similarity” means something that is the same or alike. “Difference” means something that is not the same
6. When comparing, use phrases like “Both authors use…” and “However, this author uses… while the other author uses…”
7. Examiners expect you to use specific examples from both stories to support your comparison

Complete Answer Key

Page 3 – The Banyan Tree and the Boy (No questions on this page, just the story passage)

Page 4 – Exercise No. 1 (Multiple Choice Questions)

Choose the correct answer from the options, based upon story.

1. How old was the banyan tree?
  b) 300 years

2. What hung like veena strings?
  b) The aerial roots

3. What moved like soldiers?
  c) The ants

4. What was rough and cool?
  c) The bark

5. The crow’s caw sounded like a what?
  a) A rusty door

6. What shone like a tiny planet?
  a) The marble

7. Who brought news about a road?
  b) The father

8. The moon was thin as a what?
  c) A fingernail

9. The marble looked like a blue what?
  b) Eye

10. Why would Arun fight?
   c) To try

Page 5 – Fill in the Blanks

1. Arun sat cross-legged under the banyan tree.
2. The dappled light looked like green-gold coins.
3. The ants carried a crumb of sugar.
4. The bark felt like elephant skin.
5. The crow sat on a high branch.
6. Arun put the marble in his pocket.
7. Arun’s father came from the city.
8. Arun felt something crack inside him.
9. The tree stood patient and silent.
10. The tree had seen empires rise and fall.

Page 6 – True and False

1. The tree was five hundred years old. (False – three hundred years)
2. Arun’s schoolbag was open and forgotten. (True)
3. The roots made perfect seats for sitting. (True)
4. Arun’s mother asked about his dinner. (False – she asked about his homework)
5. The ants carried crumbs up the trunk. (True)
6. The crow dropped a red glass marble. (False – blue glass marble)
7. The marble felt cold and rough. (False – warm and smooth)
8. The father wanted to build a school. (False – a road)
9. Arun pressed his forehead to the trunk. (True)
10. The tree had seen empires rise and fall. (True)

Pages 7 and 8 – Underline the Correct Word

Page 7:

1. The roots hung like veena strings.
2. The light looked like gold coins.
3. The ants moved like soldiers.
4. The bark felt like elephant skin.
5. The crow sat on a high branch.

Page 8:

6. The marble shone like a planet.
7. Father came home in the evening.
8. The crack felt like ice breaking.
9. The moon was pale as a fingernail clipping.
10. The marble looked like a blue eye.

Page 9 – Exercise No. 5

Write a paragraph (60-80 words) comparing the author’s style in this story with another story you have read. Mention one similarity and one difference.

Note: This is a writing task. The answer will be written by the student. The paragraph should compare the style of “The Banyan Tree and the Boy” with another story the student has read. The comparison must include one similarity and one difference.

Sample answer: “The author of ‘The Banyan Tree and the Boy’ uses many similes, like ‘roots hung like veena strings’ and ‘bark felt like elephant skin.’ I have also read ‘The River and the Rock,’ which also uses similes to describe nature. That is a similarity. However, a difference is that ‘The Banyan Tree and the Boy’ uses longer, more poetic sentences, while ‘The River and the Rock’ uses shorter, simpler sentences. The banyan tree story feels more dreamy and reflective.”

Answers may vary as long as the paragraph compares the author’s style in this story with another story, mentions one similarity, and mentions one difference.

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Practicing this English worksheet for Grade 6 on comparing author’s style helps students become more confident in recognizing the unique ways different writers use language. With regular practice, students can improve their literary analysis skills and learn to appreciate the craft behind every story.

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