Curated OER
Linguistic Humor and Language Play
By George, there are so many literary devices illustrated here! Help your pupils create interest in their writing by presenting one or two of these literary devices at a time. The slides contain examples and beg participation from the...
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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.
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Chiasmus
This is a glossary entry for the term "Chiasmus" including a definition and examples.
Able Media
Figures of Speech Syntax Exercise
Wonderful exercise uses lines from Book II of Vergil's "Aeneid," to test mastery of rhetorical devices that pertain to syntax. Encourages practice of many skills.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Impact of Rhetorical Devices
This slideshow focuses on the impact of rhetorical devices and how they impact text. It explains eight common rhetorical devices: anaphora, asyndeton, chiasmus, direct address, hyperbaton, parallelism, polysyndeton, and rhetorical...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Syntax (English I Reading)
This lesson focuses on syntax; All writers and speakers choose their words and the way they arrange them to make their work more powerful. You will see this in a segment of President Kennedy's speech and then in poetry; poets in...
University of Virginia Library
Prism: "Douglas Prism" Visualization
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read Frederick Douglas' description of slave overseer Mr. Gore and highlight catalog in blue, anadiplosis in red, and chiasmus in green.
University of Virginia Library
Prism: Frederick Douglass
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read an excerpt from Frederick Douglass' narrative and highlight details that show pathos in blue, chiasmus in red, and catalogue in green....
University of Virginia Library
Prism: Chapter 3 Rick and Dono
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read an excerpt from Frederick Douglass' narrative and highlight details that show pathos in blue, catalogue in red, and chiasmus in green.
University of Virginia Library
Prism: Douglass Prism
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read Frederick Douglass' description of slave overseer Mr. Gore and highlight catalog in blue, anadiplosis in red, and chiasmus 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.
Other
Hoocher: Figures of Speech
A list of figures of speech and their definitions with examples from literature.