Quick Check Reading Comprehension - A Storm Like No Other

Using the footnotes at the bottom of the page, which of the following best describes the word descended as it’s used in the passage?

• The snowstorm unlike any other left the city.

• The snowstorm unlike any other had fallen on the city.

• A snowstorm unlike any other had risen on the city.

Which sentence from the passage shows the use of a simile?

• The bare trees were reaching their fingers up to touch the sky.

• The city became covered in a thick blanket of white.

• The flakes were like delicate pieces of lace.

Which sentence from the passage shows the use of a metaphor?

• It was perfect and untouched, like a blanket of fresh white cotton.

• Houses in the city were white rectangles with smoke spiraling out their chimneys.

• Everything looked so different in the soft light of morning.

What two things does the author compare in the following sentence? Everyone gathered around their windows, watching the snow fall like feathers to the ground.

• snow and feathers

• eyes and windows

• people and nature

Does the following phrase from the sentence have a literal or figurative meaning? How do you know? The city became covered in a thick blanket of white.

• literal meaning, because the city was covered in a white blanket

• figurative meaning, because the city was covered in white snow

• neither, because the phrase doesn’t show figurative language

What strategies can you use to determine the meaning of the phrase roaring like a lion?

• I can imagine the loud roar of a lion and compare it to the storm’s wind.

• I can look up the meaning of the phrase in a dictionary.

• I can use the glossary to determine the phrase’s meaning.

How can you determine the meaning of the word wasteland in paragraph 3?

• a synonym for wasteland is given after the word in the passage

• the definition for wasteland is given after the word in the passage

• the footnote tells me the meaning of the word

In the story, what does the author use as a symbol for snow whipping in the wind?

• lace

• tornadoes

• tree branches

The author describes the bare trees as reaching their fingers up to touch the sky. What is this an example of?

• simile – using the words like or as to compare two things

• metaphor – comparing two things by saying one is the other

• personification – giving human qualities to objects or things

Which statement below is correct when referring to the following sentence in the passage? It was perfect and untouched, like a blanket of fresh white cotton.

• The sentence has a figurative meaning because it compares the snowfall to a white cotton blanket.

• The sentence shows a metaphor comparing the snow to white cotton.

• The sentence includes context clues that tell me the meaning of cotton.