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Common Core Standard RL.6.4 Questions

Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone

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Grade 6 A Christmas Carol CCSS: CCRA.R.4, RL.6.4

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Scrooge said, "I fear you more than any SPECTRE I have seen."

The word SPECTRE means:
  1. ghost
  2. scepter
  3. zombie
  4. person
Grade 6 A Christmas Carol CCSS: CCRA.R.4, RL.6.4

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A simile is a comparison that compares two things using "like" or "as".

How did the author use a simile in the opening of "A Christmas Carol"?
  1. Scrooge cried like an infant.
  2. Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change.
  3. Marley was as dead as a door-nail.
  4. Marley's name was on the door of the office.
Grade 6 Personification CCSS: CCRA.R.4, CCRA.L.5, RL.6.4, L.6.5, L.6.5a

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Which phrase from the passage is an example of personification?
  1. "Spring flirted with me today"
  2. "bitter cold drops still carrying fragments of ice"
  3. "green leaves and the gardens's brown soil"
  4. "a gift I tuck away in the drawer"
Grade 6 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.R.4, RL.6.4
Read the sentence below.

The over-cooked hot dogs were sticks of coal.

The metaphor in this sentence means which of the following?
  1. The hot dogs were made of charcoal.
  2. The hot dogs were burnt.
  3. The pieces of charcoal were shaped like hot dogs.
  4. The sticks of coal were burning.
Grade 6 Context Clues CCSS: CCRA.R.4, RL.6.4

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What does the word emaciated mean in paragraph 7?
  1. thin from not eating
  2. healthy and strong
  3. round and flat
  4. heavy with fatigue
Grade 6 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.R.4, RL.6.4

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Which line from the poem is an example of a metaphor?
  1. "Collecting dust and nagging me"
  2. "Like a child yearning for a playmate"
  3. "The right notes a treasure"
  4. "Time to blow off the dust"
Grade 6 Figurative Language CCSS: CCRA.R.4, RL.6.4
Symbols referring to death or endings might include:
  1. gravestones, skulls, and the grim reaper
  2. flowers, bees, and honey
  3. lemons, nuts, and spices
  4. birds, insects, and frogs

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