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Strand: Reading
Score
4.0
Topic: Fiction and Nonfiction Literary Techniques
Grade: 7th Grade
In addition to Score 3.0, in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond what was taught.
3.5
Score
3.0
In addition to score 3.0 performance, in-depth inferences and applications with partial
success.
The student:
Sample Tasks
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explains literary techniques in text including: hyperbole, propaganda and imagery
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The student exhibits no major errors or omissions.
Score
2.0
2.5
No major errors or omissions regarding 2.0 content and partial knowledge of the 3.0 content
There are no major errors or omissions regarding the simpler details and processes as the student:
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recognizes or recalls specific terminology such as:
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 hyperbole, imagery, and propaganda
identifies examples of literary techniques in text including: hyperbole, imagery, and propaganda
However, the student exhibits major errors or omissions regarding the more complex ideas and
processes.
1.5
Create a pamphlet showing definitions, examples, and illustrations of hyperbole and imagery
Identify specific literary techniques (hyperbole, imagery, and propaganda) the author uses in a
text and explain its effect.
In the excerpt from An American Childhood, Annie Dillard uses hyperbole to describe how a chase
might have turned out: “We could have run through every backyard in North America until we
got to Panama.”
Think of three circumstances or situations, such as being very hungry, very tired, or very
cold. For each one, write a description that includes hyperbole.
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In both “Miracles” by Walt Whitman and “In Just-“ by E.E. Cummings the authors use
imagery to appeal to the five senses. Develop a graphic organizer to compare the imagery
within the two poems. Be sure to address all five senses in your comparisons.
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During WWII, Hitler uses propaganda to persuade and influence public opinion. Identify and
explain the specific propaganda techniques used. (Another option would be to have
students write from the perspective of the Jews in Elie Wiesel’s Night).
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Create a hyperbole from the following household items: broom, couch, hairbrush,
refrigerator
Possible answer: The once new, red couch is now covered with a billion dust mites, making
it seem as if it’s actually gray! Yuck!
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On the paper provided, identify which pictures represent the following terms: hyperbole,
imagery, and propaganda (teacher can also show the pictures on a powerpoint and mix in other
terms with this activity)
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Which type of figurative language is represented in the following quote, “All at once she
bloomed. Huge, enormous, beautiful to look at, from the salmon-pink feather on the tip of her
hat down to the little rosebuds of her toes”?
Simile
Hyperbole
Imagery
Alliteration
Answer: Imagery
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Marketing companies often use __________ to persuade consumers to buy their products.
Answer: Propaganda
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Identify or produce definitions to given terms
Partial knowledge of the 2.0 content but major errors or omissions regarding the 3.0 content
Score
1.0
With help, a partial understanding of some of the simpler details and processes and some of the
more complex ideas and processes.
0.5
With help, a partial understanding of the 2.0 content but not the 3.0 content
Score
0.0
Even with help, no understanding or skill demonstrated.
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