Unlike adults a child of this age will not be able to understand sarcasm. The textbook provided for course gave a good example of a child not understanding sarcasm especially if someone says “she eats like a bird”, if a child of this age was to hear something like that they would actually this that girl is a bird and will eat things that a bird might eat. Metalinguistic awareness also takes place at this age; this is the stage where a child will be able to think about meanings and forms of
Unlike adults a child of this age will not be able to understand sarcasm. The textbook provided for course gave a good example of a child not understanding sarcasm especially if someone says “she eats like a bird”, if a child of this age was to hear something like that they would actually this that girl is a bird and will eat things that a bird might eat. Metalinguistic awareness also takes place at this age; this is the stage where a child will be able to think about meanings and forms of