Activities

1. Identify what type of figurative language is being used in a text.
   
   
2. Identify idioms, adages, and proverbs in a text.
   
   
3. Recognize words that are related by being synonyms, antonyms, and homographs. 

4. Identify the differences between metaphors and similes in a text and identify their meaning in a text.
   
   
5. Determine how idioms, adages, and proverbs are used to provide meaning in a text.
   
   
6. Show an understanding of words that are synonyms, antonyms, and homographs that demonstrates an understanding of how the words are different and similar.

7. Analyze how figurative languages, word relationships, and nuances shape the meaning and tone of a text.
   
   
8. Analyze how idioms, adages, and proverbs shape the meaning and tone of a text.
   
   
9. Recognize the differences in synonyms, antonyms, and homographs and use the correct word to share meaning.

Answer Key/Rubric

1. Student correctly identifies similes, metaphors, personification, and other figurative language found in a text.
   
   
   1. Simile - A simile compares two unlike things using “like” or “as” to compare them.
   2. Metaphor - A metaphor compares two unlike things by saying that one thing “is” another.
   3. Personification - Personification gives human characteristics to a non-human object.
      
      
2. Student correctly identifies idioms, adages, and proverbs within a text.
   
   
   1. Idiom - A group of words whose literal meaning does not represent the meaning of all of the words used together. (i.e. Kicked the bucket.)
   2. Adage - An ancient saying that has become accepted as conventional wisdom. (i.e. All’s well that ends well.)
   3. Proverbs - A short saying in general use, stating a general truth or piece of advice. (i.e. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.)
      
      
3. Student correctly identifies synonyms, antonyms, and homographs within a text.
   
   
   1. Synonym - a word or phrase that means nearly the same as another word or phrase.
   2. Antonym - a word or phrase that means exactly the opposite as another word or phrase.
   3. Homograph - two or more words spelled the same but not necessarily pronounced the same and having different meanings and origins. (i.e. bow and bow.)

4. Student demonstrates an understanding of the difference in similes, metaphors, and personification. When the student encounters similes, metaphors, and personification in a text, he/she can determine the meaning of the figurative language. Student states the meaning of the figurative language as it is used.
   
   
5. Student demonstrates an understanding of the difference in idioms, adages, and proverbs. When the student encounters idioms, adages, and proverbs in a text, he/she can determine the meaning.
   
   
6. Student demonstrates an understanding of the difference in synonyms, antonyms, and homographs. When the student encounters synonyms, antonyms, and homographs in a text, he/she can determine the meaning of the word.

7. Student analyzes how figurative language shapes the meaning and tone of a text. The student considers:

• why the author chose to include figurative language.
• why the choice of the chosen figurative language was made. 

8. Student analyzes how idioms, adages, and proverbs shape the meaning and tone of a text. The student considers:

• why the author chose to include the language they did.
• why the choice of the chosen words was made. 

9. The student recognizes the nuances between words that are synonyms, antonyms, and homographs. The student can explain:

• why the chosen word was selected.
• how it affects the meaning of the text.