I. What is an Idiom?
An Idiom is a word or phrase used in a way that is different from its usual or dictionary meaning.
Introduction to Idioms– PowerPoint on Idioms
Click Amelia Bedelia – Dress the chicken to retrieve worksheet.
- Click Amelia-Bedelia-Dress the chicken – Example to retrieve worksheet.
Click Amelia Bedelia – What is an idiom to retrieve worksheet.
- Click Amelia-Bedelia-What is an idiom – Example to retrieve worksheet.
II. Cause and Effect
Cause (Why something happened) – Effect (What happened)
- Click What do we know about Amelia Bedelia to retrieve worksheet.
III. What is a Simile? What is Alliteration?
Similes are a way to compare two things using the words “like & as.”
An adjective is a word that describes, identifies or further defines a noun or a pronoun.
Alliteration is when two or more nearby words have the same beginning sounds.
- Click simile to retrieve worksheet.
- Click Simile using AS & Adjectives to retrieve worksheet.
- Click Alliteration_1 to retrieve worksheet.
- Click here for Simile/Alliteration assessment.
IV: Fairy Tales