Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
3.4.D*
identify and apply playful uses of language (e.g., tongue twisters, palindromes, riddles)
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
3.10*
Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about how an author's sensory language creates imagery in literary text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to identify language that creates a graphic visual experience and appeals to the senses.
3rd Grade Reading - Playful Uses of Language Lesson
Playful Uses of Language
Authors use letters, sounds, and even words to create an effect. Sometimes, authors even make a fun game with words and sounds. This is called playful uses of language.
These are some examples of playful uses of language.
Tongue Twister: A tongue twister is something that is hard to say because it repeats the same sounds.
Example: Betty bought some butter but the butter was bitter so she bought some better butter.
Palindrome:
A palindrome is a group of numbers or letters that are in the same order whether they are backward or forward.
Examples: Mom, Dad, Wow, Huh, Madam, Rats, Star
Riddle:
A riddle is a question that the reader solves by looking at the clues. All the lines in a riddle point to the answer of the riddle.
Example:
I have holes on the top.
I have holes on the bottom.
I have holes on the left.
I have holes on the right.
But I can still hold water
What am I?
A sponge
Sensory Language
Sensory language is writing that appeals to, or makes the reader think about, one of the five senses.
The five senses are: sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell.
Example: The baby’s skin was soft like strawberry cheesecake.
The sentence makes the reader think about both sight and touch. The reader can picture (see) pink and soft (touch) skin of the baby.
3rd Grade Reading - Playful Uses of Language Lesson
