Activity in Developmental Reading 1

Name: _____________________________ Schedule: ____________________________ Date: ______________

Activity 1. Give at least 3 definitions of the following Activity 4. Write your own statement observing the use
words. of the figures of speech in the following items below.
1. Cell 36. Metaphor

2. Sound 37. Personification

3. Figure
38. Apostrophe
4. Course

5. Conduct 39. Irony

Activity 2. Use the following idiomatic expressions in a 40. Synecdoche

sentence.
16. When pigs fly Activity 5. Give five (41-45) words which are derived
from any Myth.
17. Hit the nail on the head

18. Break a leg

Activity 6. Give five (46-50) sentences using Loan
19. Costs an arm and a leg Words.

20. Let the cat out of the bag

21. Bite off more than you can chew Activity 7. Give (51-50) sentences observing the use of
Antonomasia.
22. Jump off the page

23. Jump at your own shadow

Activity 8. Match column A and column B by
24. To burn the candle at both ends considering the root words of the word in column A.

25. To put your foot in your mouth COLUMN A COLUMN B

51. Inevitable a. Fear or amazement

Activity 3. Identify what figure of speech was used in
52. Uxurious b. Involvement
the following items.
53. Consternation c. Pacify
26. Write the ABC on your paper.
54. Veracity d. Bending
55. Rapacity e. Empty
27. My wallet is hungry.
56. Placate f. Truthfulness
57. Utopia g. Place of perfection
28. The child is the father of the man.
58. Pliant h. Devoted to wife
59. Implication i. Greediness
29. Sssshhhhh! The baby is sleeping.
60. Vacuous j. Unavoidable
k. Harmonious
30. My heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a
lonely hill
31. Life is like a box of chocolates.
Prepared by:
32. Gentleman, you can’t fight here! This is the war Orlando P. Vinculado Jr.
room. Faculty, ProfEd Unit

33. I am trying to solve a million issues these days.

NOTE: This is not a group nor pair activity. Answer this
34. Walking dead activity on your own.

35. His measurement is not inaccurate.