What actually happens
Only the looking is real.
A child stands on the ground and watches kites in a windy sky. That is the whole of the real action. Everything else in the poem is imagined.
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The Kites · Class 6 English · Poorvi
English 3 topics 87 leveled MCQs 45 flashcards 5 games Free
Shared by a Veda teacher · Generated with Veda AI · Oct 2026
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Kites like coloured birds
Flat paper, given life.
The poem's first description compares the kites to birds. That gives a flat paper thing on a string both life and a sky of its own.
What the child wishes for
Not a kite. Something else.
The wish is to be small and light as air. It is a wish to change, not a wish to own, and it asks for something no present could supply.
What a simile is
It shows its working.
Two things compared, with the word like or as left in plain sight. Nothing is hidden, so nothing has to be worked out.
Where the similes are
Two in this poem.
The kites are like coloured birds, and the child wishes to be as light as air. One uses like and the other uses as.
Why a simile is easy to find
The one you can hunt for.
Other figures of speech hide. When leaves whispered, nothing announced it. A simile announces itself every single time.
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What you'll study, topic by topic
1
The Poem: The Kites
A child stands under a sky full of kites and imagines climbing onto one. Nothing in the poem actually happens, and by the last stanza the child is the one being envied.
- A child on the ground is watching kites fly in a windy sky.
- The kites are compared to coloured birds, which is how the poem opens.
- The child wishes to be small and light as air, in order to climb onto a kite.
~30 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
2
Words at Work: Simile, Alliteration and a Cinquain
The one figure of speech that shows its working, a sound that repeats until you can hear the wind in it, and a five-line poem with a rule for every line.
- A simile compares two things and shows you it is doing so, using like or as.
- The kites are like coloured birds, and the child wishes to be as light as air.
- That signal word is what makes a simile the easiest figure of speech to find.
~30 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
3
Speak, Listen and Write as a Kite
A listening task where you must not only find the mistake but repair it, a talk built on four questions, and a hundred words written from inside a kite.
- The listening task gives seven statements about the Kite Festival, and some of them contain a wrong word.
- You circle the wrong word first, then listen again and write the correct one.
- Three of the seven statements are entirely correct, so you cannot assume every one has an error.
~30 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
❓ Leveled MCQ practice
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87 questions laddered from warm-up to topper-level, each with an explanation. A taste:
Where is the child in this poem?
Beginner
A On the ground, watching kites
B On a rooftop, flying a kite
C In a park, holding a reel
D High in the air on a kite
Show answer & explanation
On the ground, watching kites
Everything above the ground is imagined.
The kites are compared to ____.
Beginner
A paper boats
B coloured birds
C small clouds
D flying fish
Show answer & explanation
coloured birds
The poem's opening description.
Why does comparing a kite to a bird work so well?
Advanced
A Kites and birds are the same size
B Both are made of light material
C It gives a paper thing life and a sky of its own
D Birds are also flown on strings
Show answer & explanation
It gives a paper thing life and a sky of its own
A kite is flat paper on a string until the poem lifts it.
What does the child wish for?
Beginner
A A kite of their own
B Better weather for flying
C Somebody to fly with
D To be small and light as air
Show answer & explanation
To be small and light as air
A wish to change, not to own.
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