Figurative Language Findings: Nancy Clancy Super Sleuth, Item: 521

Figurative Language Findings: Nancy Clancy Super Sleuth ISBN: SM521 by Smekens Education Unlock the power of figurative language for readers and writers with mentor texts. Smekens Education presents Figurative Language Findings—Nancy Clancy Super Sleuth dissected for the 15 types of figurative language listed in the Common Core State Standards (i.e., onomatopoeia*, simile, metaphor, idiom, adage/proverb, allusion, personification, alliteration, analogy, irony, pun, euphemism, oxymoron, hyperbole, paradox). Use the excerpts in reading lessons to help students infer the author’s meaning and then share the excerpts in writing mini-lessons to help students learn how to apply figurative language within their own writing. *Onomatopoeia is not required by the CCSS, however, it is a type of figurative language that primary students can understand in their reading and use in their writing. Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth by Jane O'Connor Nancy Clancy is on the case! Nancy Clancy has everything she n