Figurative+Language

Figurative Language
4th grade: The student determines the meaning of figurative language by interpreting similes, metaphors, and idioms. 5th grade: The student determines the meaning of figurative language by interpreting similes, metaphors, idioms, analogies, hyperbole, onomatopoeia,and personification. 6th grade: The student identifies and determines the meaning of figurative language including similes, metaphors, analogies, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, personification, and idioms.

Download this keynote, then double click on it to unzip it. This is a little quiz you can use with your class in whole group instruction to identify figures or speech.

These Language Arts pages are full of internet resources. All are listed by standard. [|Internet4classrooms]- resourses listed by standards 4th grade Language Arts [|Internet4classrooms]- resourses listed by standards 5th grade Language Arts [|Internet4classrooms]- resourses listed by standards 6th grade Language Arts

Interactive Online Games:
There are [|two games on this site]. One is a story that is very much like 'choose your own adventure' stories but includes several **similes**. The other is an **alliteration** game - much like a video game.

[|Idioms] - identify the correct idiom in this interactive activity. [|Animal Idiom Quiz] [|Change Idioms to Plain English] [|Idioms with Numbers] [|Idioms with Body Parts] [|Idioms - Matching Quiz] [|Food Idioms Quiz]

[|Similes Quiz] - students identify the 2 things being compared

