Listing, Cliché, and Contrast
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Grades 7–8 Language · Teaching handout
Listing, Cliché, and Contrast
Teaches listing, which piles up things to show how much there is, cliché, a phrase worn out by use, and contrast, which sets opposites side by side, and how writers choose them, with hyperbole and puns, to influence readers.
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- Grades
- Grades 7 and 8
- Pages
- 1
- Time
- About 15 minutes
- Answer key
- Included, for Try it together
- Printing
- Tinted accents, also fine in black and white
What is on a handout
- The big idea: the rule, in a few short sentences.
- Watch me: worked examples, each with why it changes as it does.
- Watch out: the mistakes children often make, struck through beside the right answer.
- Try it together: a few items or problems to do as a class, with an answer key.
- On your own: the practice sheet that comes next.
How to teach with it
- When you spot a cliché in your own writing, picture the real thing and describe what you see instead.
- Read the big idea aloud, then work through Watch me together, saying why each one changes.
- Ask the class to find the mistake in each Watch out before you show the answer.
- Do Try it together as a class, check it with the answer key, then hand out the practice sheet.
Practice worksheets
After the handout, in this order: the main practice sheet first, then more practice, then quick checks.
