A Christmas Carol Figurative Language with Helpful Hints

by The Friday Afternoon Files

Price: not for individual sale

Subjects: ela

Grades: 6,7,8,9,10

Description: Bring the beauty of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol to your classroom with this festive figurative language deck! This resource includes 57 examples of figurative language used throughout the beloved classic holiday tale. Excerpts are arranged in the order in which they appear in the novel and are divided by stanza. These digital task cards also feature beautiful Victorian backgrounds to capture the essence of Dickens’ Christmas setting. ***This deck provides “helpful hints” by having some portions of the text underlined. Students are asked to read each excerpt, determine the type of figurative language being used, and then click on the correct answer. This is great practice for recognizing examples of: *Alliteration *Hyperbole *Idioms *Metaphors *Onomatopoeia *Personification *Similes What’s included: *Title Page *Five Stave dividing cards *7 instructional slides that review the different types of figurative language (one type per slide) *57 interactive task cards (with “helpful hints” underlined) If you and your students enjoy this resource, please check out my BOOM store for other fun figurative language and ELA products!