Detective Dave: Tautologies (Sentence Level)
by Speakeasy Speech Pathology © 2023
Premier Publisher
Price: $1 USD
Subjects: speech,keyIdeasInferences,figurativeLanguage,cognitionProblemSolving,expressiveLanguage,pragmatics,receptiveLanguage
Grades: 2,3,4,5
Description
Detective Dave needs your help! He's looking over old criminal cases but he can't understand what the files are talking about! Can you help him figure out what their tautologies mean? Detective Dan plunges students into the exciting world of tautologies 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 tautologies and figurative language using Detective Dave! Oxymorons: dry desert, frozen ice, late evening, new innovation, wet rain, sweet candy, evening sunset, morning sunrise, breezy wind, over exaggerate, short summary, future predictions, close proximity, necessary requirement, top summit, sad misfortune, adequate enough, honest truth, united together, added bonus,
Acknowledgements
-Stock graphics, clipart, backgrounds: www.canva.com