Literal vs Nonliteral

After cleaning the house, shopping for dinner, and preparing for dinner, Carla was sick of bending over backwards to gain her friends love.

• Carla did little to gain her friends love

• Carla’s back pain made her feel sick

• Carla did a lot to gain her friends love.

• Carla’s back hurt after finishing her chores.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Patty, my baby sister, ruins all the fun. She cries at the drop of a hat

• Patty throws her hat on the ground because she doesn’t like to have fun.

• Patty cries easily and often

• Patty drops her hat many times while having fun

• Patty cries every time someone drops a hat.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Deciding on who is the better artist, Michael Jackson or Elvis, is like comparing apples and oranges.

• Michael Jackson loves apples. Elvis loves oranges.

• The two artists are so different from one another that they cannot be compared.

• The two artists are so similar to one another that they can be compared

• Michael Jackson and Elvis live eating fruit.

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Sue shouted at her kid brother, Rob, for riding her bike without asking. Rob smiled at her because he knew that her bark was worse than her bite

• Rob thinks Sue is mean

• Sue barks when she is upset.

• Rob knows that Sue is loud but not dangerous

• Sue should learn to share.

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

You forgot to feed my fish while I was on vacation! All my fish have kicked the bucket!

• My fish jumped out of the fish bowl and found al bucket to live in.

• My fish died after having no food

• My fish kicked a small bucket in the fish bowl

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CCSS.L.9-10.5A

Based upon the poem, you can infer that opossums eat __________.

• bugs and dirt

• bugs and fruit

• birds and fruit

• eggs and fish

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

The goat’s antlers reached up to touch the sky.

• The goat’s horns were long and went straight up.

• The goat’s horns were short and curly.

• The goat’s feet were long

• The goat’s antlers were like a human.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5