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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Literary Elements and Techniques: Symbolism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore how authors use symbolism to add a deeper level of meaning to their work in this short animated video [1:12] from WNET. Discussion questions below help students to further apply their understanding before analyzing a text.
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Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Literary Terms a E

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The first of three pages of simple definitions for literary terms. This page, A - E, covers forty-four terms from "Allegory" to "Exposition."
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Unit Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Expanding Serendipitous Similes in Poems

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
An explanation of simile and its role in poetry followed by a simile maker. Press the buttons to create a simile and then write a poem that expands that simile.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Serendipitous Personification for Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
An explanation of personification and how it is used in poetry followed by a personification maker. Students push the buttons to create a personification and then write a poem that uses and expands on it.
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eBook
Quia

Quia: Simile, Metaphor, or Personification?

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Twenty sentence analogies for students to complete by choosing the word that correctly shows the relationships. Correct answers are given for any missed, and the score is tallied throughout the exercise.
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Graphic
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Imagery Chart [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A short graphic organizer for students in studying the literary element of imagery. Includes a definition and chart with five sections with examples, one for each of the senses.
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Handout
Quia

Quia: List of Literary Terms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A list of 28 literary terms with brief, clear definitions. "Nonfiction," is the last term in the list.
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Interactive
Other

Class Tools: Choose Game Formats: Figurative Language

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Pick a game format that you would like to play: "Matching Pairs", "Wordshoot", "Flashcards", "Manic Miner", or "CannonBall Fun". For each game, choose the literal meaning for the figurative language presented. Also available in formats...
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Lesson Plan
Teachnology

Teachnology: Lesson Plan: Understanding Idioms

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This instructional activity focuses on idioms including illustrating the literal meanings and explaining the figurative meanings.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Idioms

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This slideshow lesson introduces idioms.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Figurative Language

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
A forty-six part learning module including links to informational texts, videos, pictures, practice exercises and more on various types of figurative language such as simile, metaphor, personification, idiom, alliteration, hyperbole, and...
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Similes and Metaphors

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
An eighteen-part learning module with links to videos, charts, and images to teach similes and metaphors.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: La Figurative Language: Alliteration

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
A six-part learning module with images, charts, and videos filled with explanations and examples of alliteration.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Hyperbole

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Work through fifteen links to images, videos, and activities to learn about hyperbole.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: La Figurative Language Hyperbole

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Work through six links to images, videos, and activities to learn about hyperbole.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Reading Assessment Terms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module that includes ten links to videos, websites, and assessments that review literary terms such as poetic devices, figurative language, literary elements, literary terms, and more.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Analogies

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
A six-part learning module with links to videos, slides, images, and a website about analogies.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Poetry

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
A six-part learning module with links to texts and videos on figurative language in poetry.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Gallagher Figurative Language

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
A learning module with thirty-one links to images, texts, websites, and videos to on figurative language including simile, metaphor, personification, idiom, alliteration, hyperbole, and onomatopoeia.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Figurative Language

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A fifteen-part learning module with links to images, texts, and websites to use while learning about figurative language including simile, metaphor, idioms, and more.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Onomatopoeia

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A six-part learning module with links to image and videos about onomatopoeia.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Figurative Language

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A thirteen-part learning module with links to websites, images, videos, and texts to use while learning about figurative language.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Figurative Language

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A ten-part learning module with links to videos, websites, texts, and a quiz on figurative language simile, metaphor, idiom, cliche, symbolism, and more.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Metaphors and Similes

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
A twelve-part learning module with links to videos, images, websites, and a quiz on metaphors and similes.