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4.RV.3.1

Description: Determine how words and phrases provide meaning to works of literature, including figurative language (e.g., similes, metaphors, or hyperbole).
Maps to Reading Plus skills: 4A, 5A

Exemplars

4A: Interpreting Word Meaning

4A: Interpreting Word Meaning

Description: Interpreting Word Meaning

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: HiD-8

HiD-8

Grade level: 4
Word count: 1565 words
Author: Jack London
Synopsis: A proud young man finds out it takes more than just muscle to stay alive in the frozen north.
Excerpt: Still, Tom was alive with joy. He was doing something, achieving something, mastering the elements. Strong as the elements were, he was stronger.

Question: Read this excerpt from the selection. What does the phrase "mastering the elements" mean?
  1. He believed he was stronger than nature.
  2. He thought he owned that area of land.
  3. He knew the long hike would not make him tired.
  4. He was sure it would get warmer soon.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Choose a selection that included some unfamiliar vocabulary. Replace the unfamiliar words with synonyms that are easier to understand yet still convey the same meaning.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions

5A: Examining Text Structure

5A: Examining Text Structure

Description: Examining Text Structure

SeeReader
✓ standard met

Selection: D-49

D-49

Grade level: 4
Word count: 1474 words
Author: Janet S. Anderson
Synopsis: Dragons are happy when they are well-fed. But when they become hungry, watch out!
Excerpt: No excerpt is available for this question.
Question: Which statement is correct about the narrator of this selection?
  1. The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.
  2. The narrator is a character in the selection.
  3. The narrator does not know what the characters are feeling.
  4. This selection has no narrator.

Writing
✓ standard met

Writing prompt: Explain an author's use of description in a selection, and how the description shaped the way you viewed and understood the person, object, or event described.

Evaluator

Organization: Certica Solutions