L.3.5.A Worksheets
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.5.A
:"Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps)."
These worksheets can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
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Simile or Metaphor
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Simile or Metaphor
Can you tell the difference between a simile and a metaphor? Students will seek to distinguish between—and determine the meanings of—simple similes and metaphors with this multiple choice activity.
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What is Onomatopoeia?
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What is Onomatopoeia?
BOOM! This worksheet is full of all kinds of sound-based words, from creaks to squeaks.
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Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #2
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Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #2
Children work with two forms of figurative language in this grammar worksheet.
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Show Your Idioms
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Show Your Idioms
Children draw the literal meaning of a few idiomatic expressions as they consider their true social meaning.
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Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #1
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Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #1
Children work with two forms of figurative language in this grammar worksheet.
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What Is a Metaphor?
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What Is a Metaphor?
In this worksheet, learners will practice identifying metaphors as they color in the logs that contain them.
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Figurative Language: Idioms
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Figurative Language: Idioms
Use this resource with your students to practice using context clues to determine the meaning of idioms.
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Making Sense of Figurative Language 2
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Making Sense of Figurative Language 2
Children practice identifying and interpreting one type of figurative language, similes, in nine sample sentences.
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Making Sense of Figurative Language 3
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Making Sense of Figurative Language 3
This exercise will get your students inferring the meaning of unknown metaphors.
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Making Sense of Figurative Language 1
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Making Sense of Figurative Language 1
Your students will infer the meaning of unknown figurative language examples by using context clues.
3rd Grade
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Literal and Nonliteral Language
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Literal and Nonliteral Language
Use this worksheet to teach your students to write compound sentences with the support of sentence frames as they differentiate between literal and nonliteral meanings of idioms. Don’t forget the context clues!
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Idioms: Explaining Literal and Nonliteral Language
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Idioms: Explaining Literal and Nonliteral Language
In this two-page worksheet, learners will use context clues to decipher the meaning of idioms used on literal and non-literal contexts.
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Glossary: Working with Idioms
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Glossary: Working with Idioms
Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Working with Idioms.
3rd Grade
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Vocabulary Cards: Working with Idioms
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Vocabulary Cards: Working with Idioms
Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Working with Idioms.
3rd Grade
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Mixed-Up Idioms
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Mixed-Up Idioms
In this grammar worksheet, learners will enjoy writing what each idiom means figuratively, then drawing a picture to illustrate its meaning.
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