Literal and Nonliteral

RL Standards Review

By Chad Moore

​Standards

• 3.RL.KID.2 Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.

• 3.RL.KID.3 Describe characters in a story and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.

• 3.RL.CS.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language (e.g., feeling blue versus the color blue).

• 3.RL.CS.6 Distinguish reader perspective from that of the narrator or the perspectives of the characters and identify the point of view of a text.

​I Can Statements

• I can recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures, determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details.

• I can describe characters in a story and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.

• I can distinguish my own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.

• I can determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple meaning word and phrases.

• I can demonstrate understandings of figurative language.

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Multiple Choice

They were ecstatic at the birth of their baby. They couldn't stop smiling for days.

• excited

• relieved

• nervous

• dissapointed

Multiple Choice

I was so parched, I drank an entire glass of water in one gulp.

• sleepy

• hungry

• thirsty

• exhausted

Multiple Choice

The moldy cheese left a bad taste in her mouth.

• Literal

• Nonliteral

Multiple Choice

When I got home from school, I was hungry enough to eat a horse!

• Literal

• Nonliteral

Multiple Choice

What is this sentence saying?

It was so cold outside, I saw polar bears wearing jackets!

• Polar bears wear jackets when they are cold.

• It was warm that day.

• It was extremely cold outside.

• Jackets are fashionable on polar bears.

Reading Standards

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• RL 3.2 Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures, determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details.

• RL 3.3 Describe characters in a story and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.

• RL 3.6 Describe characters in a story and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.

Multiple Choice

What is the moral of the story?

• Treat others the way you want to be treated.

• Foxes and storks shouldn't eat together.

• Never give up.

• Take your time.

Multiple Choice

A group of kids were playing in the backyard and pretending that they were all pirates on a pirate ship. They created a game that had pirates, robbers, and princesses.

The kids were showing what character trait?

• Loyal

• Lonely

• Trusting

• Creative

Multiple Choice

Since Brenda was the oldest child in the family, she had to babysit her brothers and sisters while her parents were at work during the summer. She constantly told her brother and sisters what chores they had to do before their parents got home from work. It didn't take long before her siblings had had enough!

A character trait for Brenda is --

• ambitious

• bossy

• helpful

• neat

Multiple Choice

"Spring Break is a fun time of year. We gather with our family and eat delicious food. It is usually warm and my cousins and I play tag and swim! I look forward to it every year!"

The author's point of view in this passage is ..

• positive feeling about spring break

• negative feeling about spring break

• has no opinion about spring break

• doesn't care about spring break

Multiple Choice

Which point of view uses the key words, I, Me, and We?

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person

• Transition

Multiple Choice

"Recess is a great thing to have at school! It gives students a break where they can move around. They are able to eat a snack and breathe fresh air. Maybe a longer recess should be considered!"

The author's view point about recess is that...

• recess is a bad idea

• recess is boring

• we should not have recess

• recess is good for children