Figurative Language
Level 2
Level 2
I understand figurative language by making connections between information in the text and my prior knowledge. (e.g. the toast jumped out of the toaster).
Tutorials
Tutorials
Interactive Games
Interactive Games
Level 3Work out the meaning of unfamiliar phrases and expressions like figures of speech, by using oral language or the context
Level 4Use an increasingly wide range of academic and content specific vocabulary to understand text.
Level 4Interpret metaphor, analogy and correlative language to give meaning to the text.
Level 4Recognise and understand a variety of grammatical constructs and other linguistic patterns, such as cause and effect, comparing and contrasting.