Nonliteral Language: Figurative, Indirect, Sarcasm

by Nancy LeBano

Price: 200 points or $2 USD

Subjects: receptiveLanguage,socialAspectsOfCommunication,expressiveLanguage

Grades: 0

Description: This nonliteral language activity helps students practice understanding implied meanings, indirect requests, and figurative language. This language skill, measured on standardized testing, is often hard to replicate in spontaneous conversation for speech therapy purposes. Students will learn from conversational cues and visual cues in these natural settings. This is great for group conversations and discussion. Included are: 10 indirect statements 5 idioms 5 examples of sarcasm