Figurative Language Task Cards/Assignment

Students will read through each "task" and decide which type of figurative language is being used. Students will determine how the figurative language shapes meaning in the text.

Standards

• Grade 1: Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary.
  • Grade 2: Use a base word to determine the meaning of an unknown word with the same base.
    • RL.LCS.9 Interpret and analyze the author’s use of words, phrases, and conventions, and how their relationships shape meaning and tone in print and multimedia texts.
      • RL.LCS.9.1 Cite examples of the author’s use of figurative language, dialogue, imagery, idioms, adages, and proverbs to shape meaning and tone.

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