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Fourth Grade Reading & Writing Worksheets: Obvious Oxymoron

Do you know what an oxymoron is? Use this awfully good worksheet about oxymora to inspire more thoughtful and creative writing from your students. Ask students to identify an oxymoron in a sentence and write about the meaning.

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Fourth Grade Fifth Grade

Subject

Reading & Writing

Writing Process
- Writing Styles
  - Using Figurative Language & other Literary Devices in Writing
Word Meaning
- Figurative Language

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L.5.5.a, L.5.5.c, L.4.5.c, RF.4.4.c

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English

Grade Five
- W.5.7.j

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Literacy and English

Third
- LIT-3.3.4.e.4

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Language and Literacy

Key Stage 2
- W.7

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English

Year 3
- ACELA1482.c
Year 4
- ACELA1493.a
Year 5
- ACELT1798.a

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English

Level 3
- W.VCELA262.3
Level 4
- W.VCELA292.1
Level 5
- W.VCELT327.1

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Guided Lesson: Word Meaning 1

Guided Lessons are a sequence of interactive digital games, worksheets, and other activities that guide learners through different concepts and skills. They keep track of your progress and help you study smarter, step by step.

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This year, third graders will be taking their vocabulary to new heights and exploring such concepts as metaphor, simile, hyperbole, and personification. This guided lesson in vocabulary and figurative language offers clear and practical definitions of new words and expressions, along with plenty of practice opportunities. Understanding vocabulary and figurative language deepens reading comprehension skills and enriches the writing process.

This year, third graders will be taking their vocabulary to new heights and exploring such concepts as metaphor, simile, hyperbole, and personification.

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Exercise: Synonyms and Antonyms 1

Exercise: Homophones and Homographs 1

Exercise: Meaning of Compound Words 1

Exercise: Abbreviations 1

Exercise: Determining Meaning Using Context Clues 1

Exercise: Reference Materials for Word Meaning 1

Game: Sorting Metaphors

Exercise: Metaphors 1

Game: Sorting Similes

Exercise: Similes 1

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