E2.2.B
Description:
Analyze context to distinguish among denotative, connotative, and figurative meanings of words.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
4B, 4B
Exemplars
4B: Interpreting Analogies
4B: Interpreting Analogies
Description:
Interpreting Analogies
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
K-31
K-31
Grade level: 11
Word count: 2673 words
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Synopsis: Life is altered forever when Pandora opens a mysterious box.
Excerpt:
It was made of a beautiful kind of wood, with dark, rich veins spreading intricately over its surface, which was so highly polished that little Pandora could see her face reflected in it. As the child had no other mirror, it is odd that she did not value the box merely on this account.
Question:
The author compares the wood on the box to
- a gleaming mirror.
- a walking staff.
- a broken mirror.
- an intricate knot.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
One well-known analogy states, "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get." Create a new analogy for this statement ("Life is like…) based on a selection that you have read and explain what you mean. Use details from the selection to illustrate and support your writing.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
4B: Interpreting Analogies
4B: Interpreting Analogies
Description:
Interpreting Analogies
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
K-13
K-13
Grade level: 11
Word count: 2110 words
Author: Katherine Menard
Synopsis: A growing segment of the population is becoming more knowledgeable about food sources and purchasing produce directly from local farmers.
Excerpt:
One of the most significant elements of CSAs is the concept of shared risk. This is most obvious in the way a CSA operation is financed. Shareholders' up-front payments, like all investments, are based on potential, not actuality. Nobody can predict with certainty how much the farm will produce in a given year.
Question:
When a consumer joins a CSA, the process can be compared to
- buying a stock whose profitability is determined by future conditions.
- joining a club that requires members to spend a certain amount on food.
- taking a part-time job that helps people in your community.
- coaching a sports team to get the best results during the season.
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
Organization:
Certica Solutions