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6 Name: __________________________

Date: ___________________ Mod: ________

Literary Elements - Idioms

Many idioms, if taken LITERALLY, create truly humorous

images. Could you picture a storm where it was literally
(actually) “raining cats and dogs” or a person who was truly
“two faced”? In this activity, you will create “literal” cartoons
out of idioms.

Directions:

Step #1: Using the attached template, pick an idiom that

conjures (makes you think) of a funny image when taken Finding a needle in a haystack

literally and write the idiom in the space on the leaf template.

Step #2: Illustrate AND COLOR a cartoon that depicts (shows) the idiom’s literal meaning.

Step #3: On the back of the leaf, (yes it is supposed to be upside down!!) write the idiom’s
actual meaning and a short descriptive paragraph using the idiom properly.

SOME Suggested Idioms

All ears/thumbs Green thumb Idiom Letter

Ants in your pants Hold your tongue
At the end of your rope Lose your head
Bit off more than you can chew On Pins and Needles
Bite the hand that feeds you Open a can of worms
Butterflies in your stomach Pay through the nose
Climb the walls Pulling your leg
Cost an arm and a leg Pull yourself together
Drive you up the wall Raining cats and dogs
Eat your words Run circles around someone
Eyes in the back of your head Scream your lungs out
Full of hot air Sweep you off your feet
Get a kick out of something Wild-goose chase