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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Denotation and Connotation (English I Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Distinguish between the denotative (dictionary) meaning of a word and its connotative (emotions or associations that are implied rather than literal) meaning. L.9-10.5b nuances
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Handout
Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Literary Terms to Know in Seventh Grade

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This site lists and briefly defines the literary terms 7th graders should know including types of writing, literary devices, sound devices, figurative language, and parts of a story,
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Thinking Skills

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this self-guided course, you will be looking at several pieces of literature in many different forms. This unit will teach you some principles of thinking and learning and how to use basic literary terms in the analysis of literature....
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Handout
Other

Smart Words: Famous Idioms and Meaning

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a list of the 50 most commonly used idioms and their meanings.
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Handout
Other

University of North Carolina: Glossary of Literary Terms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site is provided for by the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Over forty literary terms defined by college students, each with thorough examples.
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Activity
Quizlet

Quizlet: Literary Elements/humorous Fiction Terms Flashcards

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Literary elements are included in this review exercise. Flashcards are provided for the following words: allusion, antagonist, dialogue, flashback, imagery, protagonist, symbol, dialect, hyperbole, idiom, irony, parody, pun, sarcasm,...
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eBook
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Strunk's Elements of Style: Words and Expressions Commonly Misused

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Common misused words are defined. Examples of how to use them correctly are provided. Some examples are "all right" to "would", "as good or better than", and "as to whether."
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Literary Elements and Techniques: Tone and Mood

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore the difference between tone and mood in this animated video [2:28] from WNET through definitions and examples from poetry and prose. Discussion questions below help students to further apply their understanding before analyzing a...
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Interactive
Quizlet

Quizlet: Flashcards: Figurative Language Level 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Practice learning figurative language using these audio-enabled flashcards with literary terms and their definitions. Also provided is a list of terms and definitions (audio available) and links to games and a test. Java is required....
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Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Negative Capability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Negative Capability" including the definition and a link to an example.
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Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Setting

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Setting," the time and place a story takes place.
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Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Symbol

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Symbol" including definitions and examples.
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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
Other

English Grammar Online: Stylistic Devices: Allusion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
If you need a brief, clear explanation of allusion and how it works, this is a good place to start.
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Interactive
Road to Grammar

Road to Grammar: Describing Weather

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Lean twenty-two words to use when describing the weather by reading short passages and using context clues to define weather related vocabulary words.
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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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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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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: 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 - 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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TES Global

Blendspace: Literary Devices

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
A learning module with eighteen links to videos and images to use when learning about literary devices including simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, and alliteration.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Figurative Language 6th Grade

For Students 6th Standards
A seven-part learning module with links to websites, videos, and a chart about figurative language including simile, metaphor, alliteration, hyperbole, anthropomorphism, and idiom.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Proverbs

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart the student identifies the characteristics of various genres and produces evidence of reading that responds to and analyzes the effects of sound, figurative language, and graphics in...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Six Traits Word Choice

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Comprehensive flipchart using a number of Activstudio tools to allow students to discover and illustrate words in their writings. Students can paint pictures with their word choice and descriptive words...