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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Debates on Persuasive Language That Extend Outside of Class

For Teachers 9th - 12th
There is no better sight to see than a classroom full of eager young adults, hands raised high, eager to jump into a class discussion. Get your class identifying and discussing rhetorical strategies and then debating long into the night...
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PPT
Curated OER

Literary Terms

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Seriously, 93 slides of literary terms? Yes, and well worth the time, although perhaps not all at once. The beauty here is in the concise, easy-to-understand definitions for such well-known terms as imagery and personification, as well...
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Organizer
Curated OER

Figurative Language & Poetic Devices Activity: Firework by Katy Perry

For Students 6th - 10th
Sure to engage your class in poetry, this resource requires them to identify, label, and explain poetic devices and figurative language used in Katy Perry's hit song "Firework". A well-organized page that chunks the lyrics so learners...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: "Top Twenty Figures of Speech" [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a two-page PDF of the "Top Twenty Figures of Speech" which provides 20 literary techniques with their definitions from GrammarAbout.com.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature: Colonial Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson is an introduction to a unit on Colonial Literature including Native American oral literature and New England Puritan narratives, journals, and sermons. It features an interactive list of terms for the period, a link to the...
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Handout
University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania: Repetition

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explains the role of repetition in poetry. Gives several examples of poems that use repetition as a literary device.
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Able Media

Figures of Speech Syntax Exercise

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: The Impact of Rhetorical Devices

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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...
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Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Anaphora

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Anaphora" including the definition, examples, and a link to more information.
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Activity
University of Virginia Library

Prism: Chapter 4 With Mr. Gore

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read an excerpt from Frederick Douglass' narrative and highlight details that show pathos in blue, anaphora in red, and catalogue in green.
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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.
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Handout
Other

Hoocher: Figures of Speech

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A list of figures of speech and their definitions with examples from literature.