L.5
Description:
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
4B, 5A
Exemplars
4B: Interpreting Analogies
4B: Interpreting Analogies
Description:
Interpreting Analogies
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
I-33
I-33
Grade level: 9
Word count: 1574 words
Author: Anton Chekhov
Synopsis: A man's reputation is questioned after a rumor about him begins to spread through the community. But how does the rumor spread? Who is at fault?
Excerpt:
Marfa walked up to one of the benches and carefully lifted a greasy newspaper. Beneath that paper, in a huge dish, lay a big fat sturgeon, amid capers, olives, and carrots. Akhin glanced at the sturgeon and heaved a sigh of relief. His face became radiant, his eyes rolled. He bent down, and, smacking his lips, gave vent to a sound like a creaking wheel. He stood a while, then snapped his fingers for pleasure, and smacked his lips once more.
Question:
Choose the sentence in this excerpt that includes an example of simile.
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
5A: Examining Text Structure
5A: Examining Text Structure
Description:
Examining Text Structure
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
I-11
I-11
Grade level: 9
Word count: 1755 words
Author: Joan Novelli
Synopsis: Got a wave, a spiral, or a snowflake? There's a mathematical equation for that!
Excerpt:
Our planet Earth is not a perfect sphere but rather an "oblate spheroid." This is because the Earth's rotation causes it to stretch out around the equator, flattening slightly at the poles like a short, fat tomato. A similar effect of rotation happens when a baker spins a ball of pizza dough into the air so it widens around the edges, eventually flattening into a disc.
Question:
Choose the sentence in this excerpt that contains the figure of speech called a simile.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Choose an informational text that presents information in a cause-and-effect or problem-and-solution manner. Describe why the organization of information did (or did not) help you understand the main idea of the selection.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions