RL 2.4

Chicago is a city that is fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action.

• Personification
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

The streets were strange and still, / Through the doors of the open churches
The organs were moaning shrill.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Personification
• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

Silver bells!... How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle in the icy air of night.

• Personification
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Onomatopoeia

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Chant in a wail / that never halts, / pace a circle and pay tribute / with a song.

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Hyperbole
• Personification

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Vague pageants woven on a web of dream!  
  And we, pushing and fighting in the turbid stream / Of modern life

• Simile
• Personification
• Metaphor
• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

And I will return, my love, / even if it were a million miles.

• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Simile
• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

Joanne's mother came up to the school to get the cell phone the teacher had confiscated.
What does confiscated mean?

• To take something using one's authority.
• showing loyalty
• To eat
• To gently persuade 

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Unlike her older brother Jerome, who stayed out all hours of the night, Kate obediently followed the curfew her parents set.
What does obediently mean?

• To eat
• Showing loyalty
• To go for a walk with a friend
• To be mean to others

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

John was so hungry that he consumed the cranberry muffin and went back for a donut.
What does consumed mean?

• To catch on fire
• To go for a walk
• To eat
• To fly

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Dad had no need for the broke air conditioner, so he discarded it on the corner by the trash.  
What does discarded mean? 

• To find
• To get rid of
• To hide something
• To eat something

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4