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PPT
Curated OER

Ambiguity and Puns

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Get a giggle from this presentation about puns and ambiguity. From ad campaigns to old jokes to pictures of animals made out of vegetables, the slides are amusing, informative, and bizarre. The presentation spends more time providing...
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PPT
Curated OER

Semantic Gaps and Sources of New Words

For Teachers Higher Ed
The 44 slides in this power point presentation make visual the salient points in a college lecture to develop language and semantic awareness.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"Split" Character Studies in Crime and Punishment

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students write an essay evaluating split character traits on major characters in Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment. In this lesson students are guided through discussion questions, group assignments, and vocabulary work. The lesson...
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Handout
Emory University

Emory University Writing Center: Ambiguity

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Site defines the term ambiguity. Offers explanations of different types of ambiguity, quotes and examples.
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Handout
University of Victoria (Canada)

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

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from The UVic Writer's Guide provides an excellent description of the term ambiguity. Site offers links to other literary terms and their meanings.
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Handout
University of Victoria (Canada)

The U Vic Writer's Guide: General Literary Terms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The University of Victoria's Writer's Guide includes an extensive list of literary and rhetorical terms. List can be displayed alphabetically.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Tolerance for Ambiguity: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand the cultural worldview spectrum re: comfort with ambiguity or need for certainty in various situations. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Tolerance for Ambiguity."
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Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Literary Terms a E

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The first of three pages of simple definitions for literary terms. This page, A - E, covers forty-four terms from "Allegory" to "Exposition."
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Graphic
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Ambiguity Chart [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A graphic organizer for learning and applying understanding of the literary element of ambiguity. Includes sections in which you list the ambiguity from a given text and its possible interpretations.
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Handout
Other

Bob's Byway: Glossary of Poetic Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
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.