You’ve got a choice: partake in a homemade turkey dinner or eat a frozen one. Which one would you choose? Oftentimes students are told to learn and use figurative language but they aren’t always told why. This introductory video connects the idea of homemade cooking to the importance of figurative language. It will set your students up for future learning on individual devices such as allusions and idioms.

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Introduction
1:04 What is Figurative Language?
1:55 Benefits of Figurative Language
3:25 When to be Literal
4:05 Conclusion



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Research
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
https://research.com/education/imager...
https://prowritingaid.com/art/2317/fi...
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/figura....
https://education.seattlepi.com/whats...
https://kirstenskaboodle.com/discover...