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3rd Grade Reading Response: Figurative Language Clues
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Today I am practising: interpreting a simple simile or nonliteral phrase from context
1
Read a sentence with a simile or nonliteral phrase.
2
Underline the comparison words or unusual phrase.
3
Draw what the words would mean literally.
4
Write what the author likely means.
5
Circle one nearby clue that helped.
6
Make a new comparison about a familiar object and explain it to an adult.
- Select familiar, concrete comparisons and avoid idioms that need cultural background first.
- Let the child sketch the literal meaning before explaining the intended one.
- Return to the surrounding sentence to ground the interpretation in context.