6.9.E
Description:
Identify the use of literary devices, including omniscient and limited point of view, to achieve a specific purpose.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
4B, 5A
Exemplars
4B: Interpreting Analogies
4B: Interpreting Analogies
Description:
Interpreting Analogies
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
F-11
F-11
Grade level: 6
Word count: 1680 words
Author: Adapted from a story by Lewis Carroll
Synopsis: Alice lets her curiosity get the better of her, as she tumbles into a world of fantasy.
Excerpt:
Alice, jumping up onto her feet in a moment, was not a bit hurt nor did she seem to be nervous. Gazing up, she saw darkness overhead. Before her was another long passage, and the White Rabbit was still in sight, hurrying down it. There was not a moment to be lost, so away went Alice like the wind.
Question:
Choose the sentence in which the author makes a comparison, using the figure of speech called a simile.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe how an author can use figurative language to create suspense and give an example from a selection.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
5A: Examining Text Structure
5A: Examining Text Structure
Description:
Examining Text Structure
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
F-46
F-46
Grade level: 6
Word count: 1579 words
Author: Heidi McLean
Synopsis: An Internet blog sets off a chain of events that brings a school food program to children in Africa.
Excerpt:
Martha was not looking for fame, and she did not seek the media attention she was receiving. Nevertheless, it is not possible to control content that is posted publicly on the Internet, and NeverSeconds had become big news. Some of those who read the blog and wrote about it had reactions like Martha's father had. They thought the meals did not seem very good.
Question:
In the following excerpt, which word indicates that the author is about to introduce a different thought?
- nevertheless
- control
- some
- possible
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe an author's use of symbols in a selection that you have read. Explain what the symbols represent and how they are applied to the characters and events in the selection.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions