Figurative Language Exit Ticket

Using figurative language helps readers see ideas in new ways.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is imagery?

• The use of the words like or as to compare one thing to another thing.

• A brief reference to a person, place, thing, or idea from literature or history.

• A description that creates a strong image in the reader’s mind or appeals to other senses

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

Reread lines 22–35 from Perseus and the Fall of Medusa. What are some examples of imagery in the text?

• The “winged slippers” and “soft winds”

• The shield

• The snakes from Medusas head.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

How does the imagery of the “winged slippers” and “soft winds” help readers?

• They help readers imagine Perseus’s easy escape. The magical slippers will protect him, and the gentle winds will carry him to safety.

• They help readers imagine Perseus’s diffucult escape. The magical slippers will not protect him, and the gentle winds will not carry him to safety.

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

What is a simile?

• A comparison of two things by saying one thing is another thing.

• The use of the words like or as to compare one thing to another thing.

• A description that creates a strong image in the reader’s mind or appeals to other senses.

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

Which stage direction includes a simile?

• "Medusa moves toward him, the snakes from her head reaching out toward him."

• “A breeze moves her hair softly as a whisper”

• Zeus, Athena, and Hermes exit

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D