LA 3.1.6.c
Description:
Identify and explain why authors use literary devices (e.g., simile, alliteration, onomatopoeia, imagery, rhythm, personification, hyperbole, idioms).
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
4B, 4C
Exemplars
4B: Interpreting Analogies
4B: Interpreting Analogies
Description:
Interpreting Analogies
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
C-27
C-27
Grade level: 3
Word count: 1335 words
Author: R. Bender
Synopsis: The resources available to Native Americans often played an important role in the kinds of shelters they built.
Excerpt:
Some Native Americans in the far north used snow in an unusual way. They used snow to keep their dwellings warm. How did they do this? First, the dwellings were built from whale bones and animal skins. Then the Native Americans would pile snow around the outside of the dwelling. This snow acted like a blanket. The piles of snow helped to keep heat inside the dwelling.
Question:
The author of this selection compares the snow piled around a Native American dwelling in the far north to a
- blanket, because the snow keeps the dwelling warm.
- blanket, because the snow is colorful and soft.
- tent, because the snow was easy to set up.
- tent, because the snow was easy to carry around.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
List five words in a selection that helped you form a picture in your mind. Do additional research to find a synonym and antonym for each word, and use the word in a sentence.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
4C: Visualizing
4C: Visualizing
Description:
Visualizing
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
C-19
C-19
Grade level: 3
Word count: 1118 words
Author: Manny Ruiz
Synopsis: People once made up stories to explain the world around them.
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
Ancient people described the king of the gods as
- being bigger and stronger than the other gods.
- looking as if he was a large, scary monster.
- seeming to be as large as a mountain.
- having a body that looked like the planet Jupiter.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
List words and phrases in a selection that helped you form a picture of a place, object, or event in a selection.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions