LA 10.1.5.d

Description: Use semantic relationships (e.g., figurative language, connotations, technical and multiple-meaning words) to analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, aid in comprehension, and improve writing.
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 4B

Exemplars

4B: Interpreting Analogies

4B: Interpreting Analogies

Description: Interpreting Analogies

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: I-6

I-6

Grade level: 9
Word count: 1546 words
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Synopsis: Have you ever felt that life is just work, work, work? That's just what Thoreau felt too, over 150 years ago.
Excerpt: This world is a place of business. What an infinite bustle! Almost every night I am awakened by the panting of the locomotive. It interrupts my dreams. There is no Sabbath. It would be glorious to see mankind at leisure for once. It is nothing but work, work, work.

Question: Reread this excerpt. What does the image of "the panting of the locomotive" symbolize?
  1. the constant motion of work and business
  2. the increased speed of modern transportation
  3. the ongoing support of technological advances
  4. the steady progression of scientific knowledge

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Describe how metaphor, simile, hyperbole, or personification is used in a selection and explain how it enhances or distracts from the selection.

Evaluator

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