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"Put my foot in my mouth" means: A) around here / B) someone to talk to / C) say something to make you feel worse
C
"A shoulder to cry on" means: A) decided yet / B) someone to talk to / C) say something to make you feel worse
B
"get it off my chest" means: A) around here / B) see how I feel at the time / C) talk about it
C
"this neck of the woods" means: A) a particular area / B) someone to talk to / C) decided yet
A
"up to my eyes in work" means: A) really busy / B) someone to talk to / C) being angry
A
"play it by ear" means: A) around here / B) see how I feel at the time / C) It was really expensive
B
"cost an arm and a leg" means: A) around here / B) decided yet/ C) It was really expensive
C
"flared up" means: A) being angry / B) see how I feel at the time / C) It was really expensive
A
If someone is "on top of the world," it means:
angry/losing their temper
excited and happy
If a person "feels down about something," it means they are:
sad or depressed
worried or nervous
losing his or her temper
When someone is "hot under the collar" means they are:
losing their temper
nervous
busy
If someone is "snowed under with work" it means
they are very busy
they are very bored
they have been snowed in
Words that do not mean exactly what they say are known as
figurative language
literal language
analogies
Authors use figurative language to
help readers better understand a story
add difficulty and complicate the story
make the writing more fancy
What is an inference?
language authors use to help readers understand story events
a prediction of what will happen next in the story
an educated guess based on story evidence
The problem in a story is called the
conflict
mood
resolution
