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Unit Plan
Blendspace: Dramatic Irony Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Dramatic Irony

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Work through links to six images that demonstrate dramatic irony.
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Whiteboard
Class Flow: Oxymoron Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Oxymoron

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this interactive lesson, students will explore how oxymora are used in writing and look at examples. Complete description of this rhetorical effect.
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Whiteboard
Class Flow: Teaching Tone Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Teaching Tone

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Teach tone using passages from Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, and Edgar Allen Poe. We annotate passages focusing on diction and syntax to illustrate how the language contributes to the overall tone of the...
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Activity
Shmoop: Tartuffe Activity
Shmoop University

Shmoop: Tartuffe

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Written in 1664, this play is still relevant today. This site does an excellent job of letting us know about the characters and their motivations as well as important themes in the play.
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Lesson Plan
Pbs: Political Analysis Through Satire Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: Political Analysis Through Satire

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A lesson that asks students to examine and analyze examples of political satire, then to compare and contrast how journalism and satire address political candidates and issues. The lesson includes instructions for creating political...
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Handout
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Hyperbole Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Hyperbole

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the figure of speech "Hyperbole" including a definition and examples.
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PPT
Austin Independent School: Symbolism, Tone, and Mood [Pdf] PPT
Austin Independent School District

Austin Independent School: Symbolism, Tone, and Mood [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Click through this PDF slideshow to learn what a symbol is and how symbolism is used in literature. Then learn about the difference between tone and mood and see examples of each in a poem.
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Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Discovering Irony [Pdf] Graphic
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Discovering Irony [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A brief PDF worksheet in which students can assess the irony in a given piece of literature. They will document the type of irony, an example from the text, and its effect on the reader as indicated by the boxes.
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Handout
Fordham University: Ancient History Sourcebook: Juvenal: Satire Vi Handout
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Ancient History Sourcebook: Juvenal: Satire Vi

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The text of Juvenal's Satire VI.
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Article
Your Dictionary: High School English Literary Terms Article
Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: High School English Literary Terms

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This article focuses on a variety of key literary terms used in high school English including their definitions. These terms include flashback, genre, irony, parody, satire, setting, subplot, tone, and symbol.
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Handout
The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Humour Handout
University of Victoria (Canada)

The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Humour

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from The UVic Writer's Guide provides a general description of the term humour. Content includes a literary example.
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