Figurative Fun

by Ms. Dent

Price: 300 points or $3 USD

Subjects: speech

Grades: 15

Description: This deck includes a pre-assessment, mini lesson on figurative vs. literal language, explicit teaching of common figures of speech with accompanying literal image representations, and the opportunity for students to select the meaning when presented with a sentence. Includes the following: 'time flies', 'open up a can of worms', 'when pigs fly', 'two heads are better than one', 'lose one's head', 'a heart of gold', 'raining cats and dogs', 'time flies', 'open up a can of worms', 'apple of my eye', 'on cloud 9', 'let the cat out of the bag', 'tickled pink', 'head in the clouds', 'break a leg', 'feeling blue', 'cry your eyes out', 'walking on eggshells'