New York Test Prep Common Core Language Skills Idioms, Adages, Similes, & Metaphors : Skill-Building Practice For Grade 3, Grade 4, And Grade 5

This book offers an organized program where students complete focused exercises to develop a key language skill required of students. The exercises increase from easy, to moderate, and then to advanced. This leveled and focused approach will introduce students at a comfortable level and then build on the skills so that students reach and then exceed grade level expectations. Key Features - 101 exercises covering idioms, phrases, adages, proverbs, similes, metaphors, and hyperbole - 10 complete sets of exercises organized into easy, moderate, and advanced - vocabulary, reading level, and difficulty increase through the sets - format allows for review and feedback as the student progresses Develops Key Common Core Language Skills - produces a thorough understanding of idioms - provides practice recognizing the meaning of common phrases - encourages students to understand and relate to proverbs and adages - helps students identify and analyze the use of sensory language - develops the ability to understand and use similes and metaphors - introduces exaggeration and hyperbole - helps students understand the literal and nonliteral meanings of words - increases vocabulary and enhances knowledge of word meanings

• | Author: N. Hawas
• | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Sep 02, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 130 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1726429210
• | ISBN-13: 9781726429214