“DON’T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY’RE HATCHED,” Michelle warned him.

1. “DON’T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY’RE HATCHED,” Michelle warned him.

2. “BUT I’M NOT A CHICKEN FARMER," Jeremy replied.

3. LITERAL level: If one raises chickens, one can’t be sure how many eggs laid by the hens will actually hatch as healthy chicks.

4. FIGURATIVE level: In the same way, one shouldn’t count on something to happen until one is sure it will come true.

5. Since the saying doesn’t fit on a literal level, one should infer that Michelle was speaking figuratively and meant to imply that Jeremy shouldn’t plan how to spend money before winning the prize.

6. Stating ideas indirectly, such as by comparison or other expressive manner of speech: FIGURATIVE

7. Meant to be taken as given, to be accepted at face value or by its primary meaning, not figuratively: LITERAL

8. To put or “weave” in an underlying meaning that is intended to be understood though not directly stated: IMPLY

9. IMPLICATION: something that is Implied

10. IMPLICIT: contained within a statement or situation, though unstated.

11. To “take out” or to draw a conclusion based on that which is implied, but not directly stated: INFER

12. INFERENCE: something that is inferred

13. IT’S NO USE CRYING OVER SPILT MILK

14. YOU CAN CATCH MORE FLIES WITH HONEY THAN YOU CAN WITH VINEGAR

15. A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE

16. IT’S A LONG ROAD THAT HAS NO TURNING

17. LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE

18. Simile

19. Metaphor

20. “Have you any more brilliant ideas?”

21. IRONY • FIGURE OF SPEECH THAT ALWAYS CONTAINS ELEMENTS OF BEING THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT SOMEONE WOULD NORMALLY EXPECT. • VERBAL • DRAMATIC • SITUATIONAL

22. VERBAL • STATEMENT THAT MEANS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT IS SAID. • EXAMPLE: • “Have you any more brilliant ideas?”

23. SITUATIONAL • Occurs when an event or situation has an outcome that is the exact opposite of what was hoped for or would be expected—as if a twist of fate had intervened to make it wrong. • A teacher warns a student to be careful not to drop a vial in chemistry class, then drops it himself.

24. DRAMATIC • A SITUATION IN WHICH THE SPEAKER OR PERSON INVOLVED DOES NOT REALIZE THAT HIS OR HER WORDS OR ACTIONS HAVE AN IRONIC TWIST THAT THE READER OR OBSERVER RECOGNIZES. • After Gwen’s fashion-conscious friend, Susie, told her “You really ought to pay more attention to how you dress.” Gwen noticed the price tag Susie forgot to remove from the collar of her new jacket.