RP4B Use of Language Lesson 1

RP 4B L1

Use of Language

Lesson 1: Interpreting Analogies

Multiple Select

Check off the sentence containing the simile.

• “Ouch!” Jen yelled as she stubbed her toe on a rock. “Are you okay?” asked Michelle.

• “Yeah,” said Jen. “I didn’t see that rock.

• My glasses broke yesterday.

• I’m as blind as a bat without them.

Fill in the Blank

What is being compared?

(Hint: just write the two like this: "__ and __")

Open Ended

What does the simile "as blind as a bat" mean?

Multiple Select

Check off the sentence containing the simile.

• My two cats are sisters, but they’re as different as night and day.

• One cat, Snowball, is pure white.

• She loves to be carried and held. She often spends the whole day sleeping.

• The other cat, Coco, is black. She prefers to be left alone.

• She likes to spend the day playing with toys and hunting for spiders.

Fill in the Blank

What is being compared?

(Hint: just write the two like this: "__ and __")

Open Ended

What does the simile "as different as night and day" mean?

Multiple Select

Check off the sentence containing the simile.

• Sarah called out to her brother Darryl.

• “Hey, don’t just sit there like a bump on a log!” she said.

• “Come over here and help me rake leaves!”

Fill in the Blank

What is being compared?

(Hint: just write the two like this: "__ and __")

Open Ended

What does the simile "like a bump on a log" mean?

Multiple Select

Check off the sentence containing the simile.

• Bryson and Miles had been best friends since elementary school.

• Bryson’s mom hoped they remained friends after high school graduation, since each was going to a different college.

• “Being far apart won’t be easy for them,” she thought.

• “They’ve been like two peas in a pod for more than ten years.”

Fill in the Blank

What is being compared?

(Hint: just write the two like this: "__ and __")

Open Ended

What does the simile "like two peas in a pod mean" mean?

Poll

Rate your confidence level on your ability to define an analogy and create or finish analogies.

• I can confidently define analogy and create analogies.

• I can define analogy and create analogies most of the time.

• I can define analogy and create analogies some of the time.

• I CANNOT define analogy and create analogies most of the time. I need help please.