Figurative Language in a Winter Story

Have students read the whole story before they answer, then use the circled answers and model responses in the key to talk through the open questions. Choose a skill page such as Make Inferences in a Waiting Room Story to reteach one skill.

Name similes, metaphors and personification in a snowplow story and explain what each adds to the mood. A simile compares with like or as, a metaphor says one thing is another, and personification gives human actions to something not human. The directions on the page read: Read the story. Then complete the chart and the questions on pages 2 and 3. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 7th grade paragraphs & passages, and it works the same at home or at school. At home, a student can work through it alone and then go over it with you, which shows quickly what is solid and what needs another look. In class it works as independent practice, homework or a warm-up, and you can print one copy or a full set.

The theme is the message about life that the story builds through its events and characters. Students look at what a character wants, what changes and what the ending shows. Sheets such as The Wallet on Bleacher Nine and Plot Seventeen ask for evidence behind the theme.

The sheets include a fairy tale, a fantasy, historical fiction, an animal story, adventure stories, realistic fiction and a story told in letters. Each passage is an original story.

Nine sheets pair a full story with 3 multiple choice questions and 4 open questions that ask for text evidence. Seven skill sheets use a shorter story with a chart or targeted questions on character change, cause and effect, figurative language, inference or point of view.

Yes. All 16 sheets have an answer key with circled letters, model answers or a filled chart.