Detective Dave: Oxymorons (Sentence Level)

by Speakeasy Speech Pathology

Price: 100 points or $1 USD

Subjects: speech,keyIdeasInferences,figurativeLanguage,cognitionProblemSolving,expressiveLanguage,pragmatics,receptiveLanguage

Grades: 2,3,4,5

Description: Detective Dave needs your help! He's researching some old cases, but he can't understand what the reports are talking about! Can you help him figure out what their oxymorons mean? Detective Dan plunges students into the exciting world of oxymorons and figurative language. There are 20 statement cards with sentences that students must look at and then infer the correct two words. Kids will quickly learn the ins and outs of oxymorons and figurative language using Detective Dave! Oxymorons: wise fool, small crowd, pretty ugly, original copy. whole piece, virtual reality, cruel kindness, sweet sorrow, awfully good, open secret, clearly confused, organised mess, false truth, friendly fight, completely unfinished, painfully beautiful, alone together, only choice, seriously funny, awfully pretty