National Constitution Center
Born in the U.S.A: Music as Political Protest
Though often used in shows of patriotism, Bruce Springsteen's 1985 song "Born in the U.S.A." is critical of America's role in the Vietnam war and its treatment of American veterans. High schoolers analyze the song's lyrics in an activity...
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Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: "Top Twenty Figures of Speech" [Pdf]
This is a two-page PDF of the "Top Twenty Figures of Speech" which provides 20 literary techniques with their definitions from GrammarAbout.com.
University of Toronto (Canada)
U. Of Toronto: Basic Principles of Marxian Economics [Pdf]
With all references made to Capital, this very advanced work can be read with Marx's texts, providing helpful insight and definition to the terms, ideas, and even format. Not for beginners, however.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Antithesis
This slideshow lesson focuses on antithesis; it defines it and explains its uses: to acknowledge the complexity of the situation, to emphasize contrast, and to create a balance between opposites.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Rhetorical Devices and Transitions (English Ii Writing)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will be able to write an essay using effective rhetorical devices and transitions.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Time
In this self-guided unit, you will be working with literature which is centered on the themes of past, present and future. You will experience several different literary perceptions of the past and the future by reading ancient...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Rhetorical Devices and Transitions
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn about two rhetorical devices that are writing performance enhancers, analogy and antithesis. You will also learn about transitional words and...
Other
Fagler College/nas 111/scientific Methodology
Power Point presentation on scientific method for NAS 102 Human and Environmental Biology II.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Communications: Deploying Style Effectively
This lesson plan focuses on rhetorical devices and how to use them effectively in public speaking. These include alliteration, antithesis, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, personification, repetition and parallelism, and simile and metaphor.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Analyze How Author's Style and Syntax Support Meaning
In this lesson, we will discuss how an author's syntax reveals meaning and makes ideas stay with the reader. Practice exercises are included.
University of Virginia Library
Prism: Khalig Bredt Nathan
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read an excerpt from Frederick Douglass' narrative and highlight details that show ethos or pathos in blue, metaphor in red, and antithesis in green.
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: Gettysburg Address
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students analyze historical speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King to find rhetorical devices and features that make these speeches memorable.
