Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Personification in Poetry
Learners will explore the use of personification in published poetry and write a poem using personification. They will use clay animation to produce a short video of their poem.
South Carolina Educational Television
Know It All: Using Figurative Language to Shape Meaning and Style
The young scholars will be able to identify different types of figurative language in a story and explain how the author uses figurative language to shape the meaning and style of the story.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Sentence Structure
Students analyze the structure of a sentence from the prologue of Act II of Romeo and Juliet to determine how understanding the sentence deepens our understanding of the text.
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Scholastic
Scholastic: Poetry Unzipped: Personification in Poetry [Pdf]
Two page, PDF format handout about Richard Wilber's poem "The Death of a Toad" used as an example of personification. Also includes a student-written explanation of the poem and a few discussion questions.
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Literary Terms F R
The second of three pages of simple definitions for literary terms. This page, F - R, covers forty-seven terms from "Fable," to "Romance."
Quizlet
Quizlet: Flashcards: Figurative Language Level 1
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....
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Serendipitous Personification for Stories and Descriptions
Students will use this writing prompt generator to create a personification story or description.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Suggestions for Writing Memoirs: Memories of a Pet or Object
This lesson, inspired by Gary Paulsen's My Life in Dog Years, helps young scholars write memoirs or narratives about their lives through the eyes of a pet, a favorite pair of jeans, or their shoes. Students choose one item that is very...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Serendipitous Personification for Poems
An explanation of personification and how it is used in poetry followed by a personification maker. Pupils push the buttons to create a personification and then write a poem that uses and expands on it.
Other
Anthropomorphism
A good, concise definition of anthropomorphism in mythologies, art and literature.
Emory University
Emory University Writing Center: Personification
A definition of personification. Includes two examples- one from the poetry of Sylvia Plath, the other from John Keats' poem "To Autumn."
Quia
Quia: List of Literary Terms
A list of 28 literary terms with brief, clear definitions. "Nonfiction," is the last term in the list.
Other
Class Tools: Choose Game Formats: Figurative Language
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...
TES Global
Blendspace: Figurative Language
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...
University of Virginia Library
Prism: "Maples" Visualization
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Judith Pordon's "Maples." Imagery is blue while personification is red and archetype is green. Click on any word to see the percentage of users that...
TES Global
Blendspace: Gallagher Figurative Language
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.
TES Global
Blendspace: Literary Devices
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.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Personification
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces students to personification and contains activities for practice.
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: Anthropomorphism, Anthropomorphites
An explantation of the literary terms Anthropomorphism and Anthropomorphites as they relate to religious philosophy. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of...
Other
Bob's Byway: Glossary of Poetic Terms
Calling itself "unique," Bob's is easy to use, with cross-links throughout, phonetic pronunciation guides when necessary, and many examples and quotations. Click on the letter and scroll for the word.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Figurative Language
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource explores figurative language including similes, metaphors, and personification. There are many activities used to support the exploration of each type of figurative language.
Other
Hoocher: Figures of Speech
A list of figures of speech and their definitions with examples from literature.
LM Digital Media
Kids World Fun: The Lost Egg [Pdf]
The ebook shares the story of an egg that fell out of its nest. Numerous animals encounter this lost egg before its mother eventually rejoined with it.
Other
Rudolph Academy: Figurative Language Quizzes and Practice Exercises
This site offers a multitude of figurative language quizzes (some by grade level), a PowerPoint presentation and links to much more. It features a 30 question quiz asking students to either read or listen to statements and then select...