Idioms

Which idiom goes the best with this sentence?
I'm tired. Let's go to bed.

• Let's hit the hay.
• He tried not to "make waves".
• Stuck between a rock and a hard place.

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CCSS.L.5.5B

CCSS.L.4.5B

Don't cry over spilled milk.

• You spilled milk on the floor.
• You spilled something on the floor.
• Don't cry because it is not a big deal.  
• Cry, Cry, Cry

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CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.5B

What is an idiom?

• A comparison not using like or as
• An exaggeration
• A phrase that is not meant to be taken literally
• The same beginning sounds repeated

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CCSS.L.5.5B

CCSS.L.4.5B

What is an idiom?

• A bird?
• A device used to confuse the reader.
• A word or phrase that does not mean what it says.
• A group of words that begin with the same sound.

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CCSS.L.5.5B

CCSS.L.4.5B

What is a couch potato?

• A person who likes to eat potatoes on the couch.
• A potato pillow.
• A person who likes to sit and watch tv on the couch.
• A person who likes to play hot potato.

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CCSS.L.5.5B

CCSS.L.4.5B

Why do author's use idioms?

• To make their writing more interesting.
• To confuse the audience.
• To be mean.
• To cause frustration in the reader.

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CCSS.L.5.5B

CCSS.L.4.5B

Bend over backwards

• Put your head on the ground
• Do gymnastics
• Bend over 
• Do anything

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CCSS.L.5.5B

CCSS.L.4.5B

What does it mean to say: "It's raining cats and dogs!"?

• Cats and dogs are falling from the sky.
• It's raining very heavily.
• We are having a tornado.
• Animals have learned to fly.

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5A

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Jim told his daughter that she was the APPLE OF HIS EYE.

• They make apple pie and put it in their eyes.

• They eat apples together.

• He doesn't like being with his daughter.

• She is extremely important to her dad.

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CCSS.L.5.5B

CCSS.L.4.5B

Sam's sister was always STEALING HER THUNDER on the dance floor.

• taking away the attention

• getting struck by lightning

• stealing her clothes

• working together

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CCSS.L.5.5B

CCSS.L.4.5B