I Hawas

Indiana Test Prep Vocabulary Skills Workbook Idioms, Adages, Similes, & Metaphors I Hawas

This book offers an organized program where students complete focused exercises to understand and use all types of figurative language. 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 cover idioms, 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
- each set includes a variety of tasks to keep students interested
- perfect for homework, classroom activities, or ongoing independent practice
- format allows for review and feedback after each set Develops Language and Vocabulary Skills
- produces a thorough understanding of idioms
- provides practice recognizing the meaning of common phrases
- helps students understand and relate to proverbs and adages
- develops the ability to understand and use similes, metaphors, and hyperbole
- teaches students to use context to determine word meaning
- helps students distinguish among multiple meanings of words
- improves writing by promoting stronger word choices and the use of figurative language
- encourages students to use descriptive vocabulary
- enhances reading comprehension skills