Grammar, Conventions & Figurative Language
Aligned to L.4.1 — Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.
What this lesson teaches
Strong writing avoids run-ons and fragments and uses words in the right order. Figurative language like similes and metaphors compares things, and idioms mean something different from the literal words.
Worked example
A simile: 'She was as brave as a lion.' A metaphor: 'The classroom was a zoo.' An idiom: 'It's raining cats and dogs' means it is raining hard, not actual animals.
Practice questions
- Write a simile using 'as ... as.'
- What does the idiom 'break a leg' really mean?
- Fix this run-on: I like pizza it is cheesy.
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Gramática, Convenciones y Lenguaje Figurado
Una buena escritura evita oraciones seguidas sin puntuación y fragmentos, y usa las palabras en el orden correcto. El lenguaje figurado, como los símiles y las metáforas, compara cosas, y los modismos significan algo diferente a lo que dicen literalmente.
Ejemplo: Un símil: 'Ella era tan valiente como un león.' Una metáfora: 'El salón de clases era un zoológico.' Un modismo: 'Está lloviendo a cántaros' significa que llueve muy fuerte, no que caigan cántaros reales.
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