STATION 1: Read this paragraph and look for an example of each type of figurative language listed on your answer sheet. Write each example you find on the correct line. One day Ryan Richard Reynolds was walking to the store. It was a beautiful day outside. The sun was shining down from the clear blue sky, and birds were flying around chirping and singing. To Ryan Richard Reynolds it felt like just another boring, normal day; he had no idea that something terrifying and exciting was about to happen. When he was almost to the store, suddenly he saw a pretty ugly bear running down the sidewalk towards him! This bear was a monster. Ryan Richard Reynolds turned and ran as fast as a cheetah. He ran for a billion years! Finally, he made it back home. His house greeted him happily as he ran inside and shut the door. Slam! He was finally safe. After such a tiring adventure, Ryan Richard Reynolds was ready to hit the hay. STATION 2: Each person in the group must choose one of the following examples of personification and illustrate it. (Every member of the group has to draw their own picture!) Flashes of lightning danced across the sky. The moon played hide and seek behind the clouds. The wildfire ran through the forest at an amazing speed. My flowers were begging for water. My house is a friend who protects me. STATION 3: Write the meaning of each idiom next to or below it. See how many you can get. Go!

STATION 4: Write 5-7 sentences describing this picture. These sentences must use abundant imagery. Bonus points for any other figurative language devices you can use in your description! STATION 5: Split your group into two teams! Each team should line up behind the line next to a bucket of ping-pong balls. You ll see that each ping-pong ball has a word on it, and each of those words can be matched up with a word on one of the buckets spread out in front of you to create an oxymoron. Remember that oxymorons are two OPPOSITES that are put together in a phrase, like jumbo shrimp. Your task is to toss each ping-pong ball into the bucket with its oxymoron partner! You may go retrieve the balls if you miss the buckets, but you must bring them back behind the line to try again. If you throw a ball into the wrong bucket, you may not pull it out and try again. Whoever gets the most oxymoron pairs at the end of the time wins!

STATION 1: Finding Figurative Language Simile: Metaphor: Alliteration: Hyperbole: Personification: Onomatopoeia: Idiom: Imagery: Oxymoron: Foreshadowing:

STATION 3: Idioms 1. Give it a shot 14. See eye to eye 2. Speak your mind 15. Call it a day 3. A piece of cake 16. The icing on the cake 4. Slipped my mind 17. Best of both worlds 5. Be in hot water 18. Don t cry over spilled milk 6. It cost an arm and a leg 19. Feeling under the weather 7. It s in the bag 20. Kill two birds with one stone 8. Get a kick out of 21. On the fence 9. Draw a blank 22. Raining cats and dogs 10. Get your act together 23. Bite the dust 11. In the same boat 24. Cut it out! 12. Out of the blue 25. Give someone the cold shoulder 13. A sweet tooth

Words to write on ping-pong balls: Words to write on buckets: Awfully Good Random Order Small Crowd Dark Light Tiny Elephant Alone Together Living Dead Icy Hot Sad Smile Same Difference Beautiful Disaster