RL 6.4a

On the Outs
     Shakira could feel the difference from the first minute she stepped into the classroom on Monday morning. She felt as if she stood out like a sore thumb. With icy eyes, Eva and Willa followed Shakira’s movement into the room, but they didn’t smile at her. The other kids didn’t even look at her. "Why did I ever want to be Eva’s friend?" she asked herself. Shakira hadn’t even had that much fun being part of their group, although at the time she had thought popularity was more important than having fun. She had abandoned her old friends and her favorite activities, and now she had no one. After a while though, Shakira had become completely invisible to Eva’s group. Shakira should have known that they would discard her the way they had so many other people.
     As Shakira took her seat, her heart raced and her cheeks burned with fire. I didn’t do anything wrong! she told herself, but it didn’t make her feel any better. Then she noticed Mattie, who sat to her right, motioning to her with a kind smile that was a mile wide. Mattie and Shakira had been friends back in fourth grade, but Mattie had never gotten into Eva and Willa’s group, and she didn’t care. She just played her guitar, ran track, and did what she wanted to do without worrying about what anyone else thought. “Do you want to sit with me at lunchtime?” Mattie whispered. Shakira nodded gratefully, knowing that she had never been invisible to Mattie.
Reread the second sentence of the first paragraph.
She felt as if she stood out like a sore thumb.
Part A: What type of figurative language does the author use in this sentence?

• personification
• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole

On the Outs
     Shakira could feel the difference from the first minute she stepped into the classroom on Monday morning. She felt as if she stood out like a sore thumb. With icy eyes, Eva and Willa followed Shakira’s movement into the room, but they didn’t smile at her. The other kids didn’t even look at her. "Why did I ever want to be Eva’s friend?" she asked herself. Shakira hadn’t even had that much fun being part of their group, although at the time she had thought popularity was more important than having fun. She had abandoned her old friends and her favorite activities, and now she had no one. After a while though, Shakira had become completely invisible to Eva’s group. Shakira should have known that they would discard her the way they had so many other people.
     As Shakira took her seat, her heart raced and her cheeks burned with fire. I didn’t do anything wrong! she told herself, but it didn’t make her feel any better. Then she noticed Mattie, who sat to her right, motioning to her with a kind smile that was a mile wide. Mattie and Shakira had been friends back in fourth grade, but Mattie had never gotten into Eva and Willa’s group, and she didn’t care. She just played her guitar, ran track, and did what she wanted to do without worrying about what anyone else thought. “Do you want to sit with me at lunchtime?” Mattie whispered. Shakira nodded gratefully, knowing that she had never been invisible to Mattie.
Reread the second sentence of the first paragraph.
She felt as if she stood out like a sore thumb.
Part B: Determine what the author meant by using the figurative language device in the sentence from Part A.

• The author used this sentence to exaggerate how uncomfortable Shakira felt.
• The author used this sentence to show that Shakira’s thumb was in pain.
• The author used this analogy to show how Shakira felt alone and appeared to be isolated from everyone else.
• The author used this comparison to express that Shakira felt upset.
  

On the Outs
     Shakira could feel the difference from the first minute she stepped into the classroom on Monday morning. She felt as if she stood out like a sore thumb. With icy eyes, Eva and Willa followed Shakira’s movement into the room, but they didn’t smile at her. The other kids didn’t even look at her. "Why did I ever want to be Eva’s friend?" she asked herself. Shakira hadn’t even had that much fun being part of their group, although at the time she had thought popularity was more important than having fun. She had abandoned her old friends and her favorite activities, and now she had no one. After a while though, Shakira had become completely invisible to Eva’s group. Shakira should have known that they would discard her the way they had so many other people.
     As Shakira took her seat, her heart raced and her cheeks burned with fire. I didn’t do anything wrong! she told herself, but it didn’t make her feel any better. Then she noticed Mattie, who sat to her right, motioning to her with a kind smile that was a mile wide. Mattie and Shakira had been friends back in fourth grade, but Mattie had never gotten into Eva and Willa’s group, and she didn’t care. She just played her guitar, ran track, and did what she wanted to do without worrying about what anyone else thought. “Do you want to sit with me at lunchtime?” Mattie whispered. Shakira nodded gratefully, knowing that she had never been invisible to Mattie.
Reread the third sentence of the first paragraph.
With icy eyes, Eva and Willa followed Shakira’s movement into the room, but they didn’t smile at her.
Part A: What type of figurative language does the author use in this sentence?

• personification
• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
  

On the Outs
     Shakira could feel the difference from the first minute she stepped into the classroom on Monday morning. She felt as if she stood out like a sore thumb. With icy eyes, Eva and Willa followed Shakira’s movement into the room, but they didn’t smile at her. The other kids didn’t even look at her. "Why did I ever want to be Eva’s friend?" she asked herself. Shakira hadn’t even had that much fun being part of their group, although at the time she had thought popularity was more important than having fun. She had abandoned her old friends and her favorite activities, and now she had no one. After a while though, Shakira had become completely invisible to Eva’s group. Shakira should have known that they would discard her the way they had so many other people.
     As Shakira took her seat, her heart raced and her cheeks burned with fire. I didn’t do anything wrong! she told herself, but it didn’t make her feel any better. Then she noticed Mattie, who sat to her right, motioning to her with a kind smile that was a mile wide. Mattie and Shakira had been friends back in fourth grade, but Mattie had never gotten into Eva and Willa’s group, and she didn’t care. She just played her guitar, ran track, and did what she wanted to do without worrying about what anyone else thought. “Do you want to sit with me at lunchtime?” Mattie whispered. Shakira nodded gratefully, knowing that she had never been invisible to Mattie.
Reread the third sentence of the first paragraph.
With icy eyes, Eva and Willa followed Shakira’s movement into the room, but they didn’t smile at her.
Part B: Determine what the author most likely meant by using the figurative language device in the sentence from Part A.

• The author used this sentence to describe the effect that the Eva and Willa’s malicious leer had on Shakira.
• The author used this sentence to show that Shakira was slowly entering the room.
• The author used this analogy to compare Eva and Willa’s eyes to ice.
• The author included this sentence to exaggerate the freezing temperature of the room.

On the Outs
     Shakira could feel the difference from the first minute she stepped into the classroom on Monday morning. She felt as if she stood out like a sore thumb. With icy eyes, Eva and Willa followed Shakira’s movement into the room, but they didn’t smile at her. The other kids didn’t even look at her. "Why did I ever want to be Eva’s friend?" she asked herself. Shakira hadn’t even had that much fun being part of their group, although at the time she had thought popularity was more important than having fun. She had abandoned her old friends and her favorite activities, and now she had no one. After a while though, Shakira had become completely invisible to Eva’s group. Shakira should have known that they would discard her the way they had so many other people.
     As Shakira took her seat, her heart raced and her cheeks burned with fire. I didn’t do anything wrong! she told herself, but it didn’t make her feel any better. Then she noticed Mattie, who sat to her right, motioning to her with a kind smile that was a mile wide. Mattie and Shakira had been friends back in fourth grade, but Mattie had never gotten into Eva and Willa’s group, and she didn’t care. She just played her guitar, ran track, and did what she wanted to do without worrying about what anyone else thought. “Do you want to sit with me at lunchtime?” Mattie whispered. Shakira nodded gratefully, knowing that she had never been invisible to Mattie.
Reread the second to last sentence of the first paragraph.
After a while though, Shakira had become completely invisible to Eva’s group.
Part A: What type of figurative language does the author use in this sentence?

• personification
• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole

On the Outs
     Shakira could feel the difference from the first minute she stepped into the classroom on Monday morning. She felt as if she stood out like a sore thumb. With icy eyes, Eva and Willa followed Shakira’s movement into the room, but they didn’t smile at her. The other kids didn’t even look at her. "Why did I ever want to be Eva’s friend?" she asked herself. Shakira hadn’t even had that much fun being part of their group, although at the time she had thought popularity was more important than having fun. She had abandoned her old friends and her favorite activities, and now she had no one. After a while though, Shakira had become completely invisible to Eva’s group. Shakira should have known that they would discard her the way they had so many other people.
     As Shakira took her seat, her heart raced and her cheeks burned with fire. I didn’t do anything wrong! she told herself, but it didn’t make her feel any better. Then she noticed Mattie, who sat to her right, motioning to her with a kind smile that was a mile wide. Mattie and Shakira had been friends back in fourth grade, but Mattie had never gotten into Eva and Willa’s group, and she didn’t care. She just played her guitar, ran track, and did what she wanted to do without worrying about what anyone else thought. “Do you want to sit with me at lunchtime?” Mattie whispered. Shakira nodded gratefully, knowing that she had never been invisible to Mattie.
Reread the second to last sentence of the first paragraph.
After a while though, Shakira had become completely invisible to Eva’s group.
Part B: Determine what the author meant by using the figurative language device in the sentence from Part A.

• The author used this comparison to show that Shakira developed the superpower of invisibility.
• The author used this sentence to exaggerate Shakira’s feeling of isolation and exile from Eva’s group.
• The author gave Shakira’s character an invisible appearance to express the shame and embarrassment that she felt.
• The author included this sentence to provide an image for the readers to visualize.

On the Outs
     Shakira could feel the difference from the first minute she stepped into the classroom on Monday morning. She felt as if she stood out like a sore thumb. With icy eyes, Eva and Willa followed Shakira’s movement into the room, but they didn’t smile at her. The other kids didn’t even look at her. "Why did I ever want to be Eva’s friend?" she asked herself. Shakira hadn’t even had that much fun being part of their group, although at the time she had thought popularity was more important than having fun. She had abandoned her old friends and her favorite activities, and now she had no one. After a while though, Shakira had become completely invisible to Eva’s group. Shakira should have known that they would discard her the way they had so many other people.
     As Shakira took her seat, her heart raced and her cheeks burned with fire. I didn’t do anything wrong! she told herself, but it didn’t make her feel any better. Then she noticed Mattie, who sat to her right, motioning to her with a kind smile that was a mile wide. Mattie and Shakira had been friends back in fourth grade, but Mattie had never gotten into Eva and Willa’s group, and she didn’t care. She just played her guitar, ran track, and did what she wanted to do without worrying about what anyone else thought. “Do you want to sit with me at lunchtime?” Mattie whispered. Shakira nodded gratefully, knowing that she had never been invisible to Mattie.
Reread the second to last sentence of the first paragraph.
After a while though, Shakira had become completely invisible to Eva’s group.
Select the answer choice from the story that uses the same figurative language device as the above sentence. 

• She felt as if she stood out like a sore thumb.
• With icy eyes, Eva and Willa followed Shakira’s movement into the room, but they didn’t smile at her.
• She just played her guitar, ran track, and did what she wanted to do without worrying about what anyone else thought.
• Then she noticed Mattie, who sat to her right, motioning to her with a kind smile that was a mile wide.

On the Outs
     Shakira could feel the difference from the first minute she stepped into the classroom on Monday morning. She felt as if she stood out like a sore thumb. With icy eyes, Eva and Willa followed Shakira’s movement into the room, but they didn’t smile at her. The other kids didn’t even look at her. "Why did I ever want to be Eva’s friend?" she asked herself. Shakira hadn’t even had that much fun being part of their group, although at the time she had thought popularity was more important than having fun. She had abandoned her old friends and her favorite activities, and now she had no one. After a while though, Shakira had become completely invisible to Eva’s group. Shakira should have known that they would discard her the way they had so many other people.
     As Shakira took her seat, her heart raced and her cheeks burned with fire. I didn’t do anything wrong! she told herself, but it didn’t make her feel any better. Then she noticed Mattie, who sat to her right, motioning to her with a kind smile that was a mile wide. Mattie and Shakira had been friends back in fourth grade, but Mattie had never gotten into Eva and Willa’s group, and she didn’t care. She just played her guitar, ran track, and did what she wanted to do without worrying about what anyone else thought. “Do you want to sit with me at lunchtime?” Mattie whispered. Shakira nodded gratefully, knowing that she had never been invisible to Mattie.
Reread the third sentence of the first paragraph.
As Shakira took her seat, her heart raced and her cheeks burned with fire.
Part A: What type of figurative language does the author use in this sentence?

• simile
• metaphor
• hyperbole
• personification

On the Outs
     Shakira could feel the difference from the first minute she stepped into the classroom on Monday morning. She felt as if she stood out like a sore thumb. With icy eyes, Eva and Willa followed Shakira’s movement into the room, but they didn’t smile at her. The other kids didn’t even look at her. "Why did I ever want to be Eva’s friend?" she asked herself. Shakira hadn’t even had that much fun being part of their group, although at the time she had thought popularity was more important than having fun. She had abandoned her old friends and her favorite activities, and now she had no one. After a while though, Shakira had become completely invisible to Eva’s group. Shakira should have known that they would discard her the way they had so many other people.
     As Shakira took her seat, her heart raced and her cheeks burned with fire. I didn’t do anything wrong! she told herself, but it didn’t make her feel any better. Then she noticed Mattie, who sat to her right, motioning to her with a kind smile that was a mile wide. Mattie and Shakira had been friends back in fourth grade, but Mattie had never gotten into Eva and Willa’s group, and she didn’t care. She just played her guitar, ran track, and did what she wanted to do without worrying about what anyone else thought. “Do you want to sit with me at lunchtime?” Mattie whispered. Shakira nodded gratefully, knowing that she had never been invisible to Mattie.
Reread the third sentence of the first paragraph.
As Shakira took her seat, her heart raced and her cheeks burned with fire.
Part B: Determine what the author meant by using the figurative language device in the sentence from Part A.

• The author used this sentence to convey to the reader that Shakira’s cheeks were on fire.
• The author used this sentence to express the anxiety, shame, and embarrassment that Shakira felt.
• The author used this comparison to show that Shakira felt like she had been burned by her “friends.”
• The author included this sentence to provide an image for the readers to visualize.