Lesson 10 — Activity 1: Assignment
Completion requirements
In this assignment, choose five of the examples of figurative language below. Write the meanings of these examples. You may need to ask someone for help or you can consult the Internet. The example of figurative language is in bold in each sentence.
You may use a computer or paper to complete this assignment.
When you are done, review for spelling and proper punctuation.
1. You can type your work directly into the assignment box on the next page by clicking the "add submission" button under the orange box at the bottom of this page.
2. If you typed your work in a separate Word document, save your document, and either send it to your teacher as an e-mail attachment or print it off and hand it in to your teacher so it can be marked.
3. You can also choose to complete a hand-written assignment on a piece of paper. If so, please hand in your assignment to your teacher so it can be marked.
See the Marking Guide below to see how your teacher will grade this assignment.
Marking Guide:
In this assignment, choose five of the examples of figurative language below. Write the meanings of these examples. You may need to ask someone for help or you can consult the Internet. The example of figurative language is in bold in each sentence.
1. "I'm feeling under the weather today."
2. "I don't have time to go for lunch with you. I've had my nose to the grindstone all day."
3. "I wouldn't talk to him right now. He might fly off the handle."
4. "That's a real pie in the sky idea!"
5. "I don't know why you'd expect me to believe that. You know I wasn't born yesterday."
6. "Calm down and hold your horses! I'll finish it eventually."
7. "What's the matter? Has the cat got your tongue?"
You may use a computer or paper to complete this assignment.
When you are done, review for spelling and proper punctuation.
Please do one of the following:
1. You can type your work directly into the assignment box on the next page by clicking the "add submission" button under the orange box at the bottom of this page.
2. If you typed your work in a separate Word document, save your document, and either send it to your teacher as an e-mail attachment or print it off and hand it in to your teacher so it can be marked.
3. You can also choose to complete a hand-written assignment on a piece of paper. If so, please hand in your assignment to your teacher so it can be marked.
See the Marking Guide below to see how your teacher will grade this assignment.