Detective Dave: Oxymorons (Paragraph Level)
by Speakeasy Speech Pathology © 2023
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Price: $1 USD
Subjects: speech,keyIdeasInferences,figurativeLanguage,cognitionProblemSolving,expressiveLanguage,pragmatics,receptiveLanguage
Grades: 4,5,6,7,8
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 paragraphs 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: warm freezer, growing smaller, working holiday, unbiased opinion, living dead, foolish wisdom, love hate, deafening silence, minor crisis, silent scream, zero tolerance, big baby, least favourite, definite possibility, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health, tough love, human robots, fiercely peaceful
Acknowledgements
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