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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Literary Terms Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
This is a lesson plan for teaching the seven literary terms used in poetry: simile, metaphor, alliteration, imagery, hyperbole, personification, and onomatopoeia.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Figurative Language & Tone

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
A twelve-part learning module with links to texts, videos, and websites on figurative language and tone.
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Handout
Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Analyze Language Choices

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Learn about figurative language and how to determine the figurative, denotative, and connotative meanings of words.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Rl 5.4 Figurative Language

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This twelve-part learning module provides assorted references for figurative language terms. This blendspace provides reproducible charts, flash cards, a game, video tutorial lessons, and rap songs. L.9-10.5 Fig Lang/nuances
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TES Global

Blendspace: Figurative Language

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
A twelve-part learning module on figurative language including links to images, videos, a song, and a game to help students learn.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Figurative Language and Sound Devices

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is intended for students in grades 4 and 5 who have been introduced to the terms simile, metaphor, hyperbole, alliteration, and onomatopoeia. The activities in the flipchart give...
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Quia

Quia: Simile, Metaphor, or Personification?

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Twenty sentence analogies for students to complete by choosing the word that correctly shows the relationships. Correct answers are given for any missed, and the score is tallied throughout the exercise.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Writing Poetry Like Pros

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
By looking to examples of popular poetry in a variety of forms, students learn to analyze, appreciate, and synthesize poetry in the classroom. "Writing Poetry Like Pros" provides several links to poetry texts and suggestions for creating...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The World of Volcanoes

For Students 9th - 10th
In this segment from Nature, Scientists travel to the top of Mount Kilauea to collect molten lava samples for testing.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature: The Modern Poet: Poetry Terms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a poetry terms presentation which defines poetry terms.
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TES Global

Tes: Yr 5 Poetry Unit 1 a Poetic Style

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This learning module engages students in analyzing different poems. A poetry unit overview, a poetry checklist, figurative language notes, sixteen poems and graphic organizers are included to help...
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Other

Centre for Literacy in Primary Education: Poetryline: Poetic Forms and Devices

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent resource for learning about the different forms and devices used in poetry. Each item is linked to its own page which has examples of its use. Many of the pages have videos of authors reading their poems, and some have...
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Handout
University of Victoria (Canada)

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

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from The UVic Writer's Guide provides a brief description of the literary term "imagery."
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abcteach

Abcteach: Similes [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 4th Standards
This printable worksheet tutorial tests your knowledge of writing snow similes.
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Quia

Quia: Figurative Language Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This 30-question quiz asks students to answer questions about figurative language by selecting the correct answer. Feedback is provided after the quiz is submitted. Java is required.
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Other

Spelling police.com: Literary Devices

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A simple list of literary terms. Click on each for a definition and examples.
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Able Media

Figures of Speech: Rhetoric Exercises

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a great exercise that helps students practice identifying and translating rhetorical devices in Latin poetry. Uses examples from Book II of Vergil's Aeneid.
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Figurative Language Poems With Questions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This learning module provides remediation and extra practice with identifying figurative language techniques in the context of poems. Nine different worksheets are available to help reinforce the concept of figurative language in poetry.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: Idea Lab: Myths in Words and Pictures

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Interactive website in which students learn about myth and symbols in art and storytelling. Engaging and informative with images and informational text.
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PPT
TES Global

Tes: Different Cultures Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Thsi PowerPoint lesson will lead students through Benjamin Zephaniah's poem titled "Carnival Days". Topics relative to slavery are included in the slideshow.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Figurative Language Review

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson helps students understand figurative language.
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McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill: Informational Text: Craft and Structure: Figurative Language

For Students 2nd - 7th Standards
Explains what figurative language is and how to determine its meaning. Also provides a practice exercise.
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Figurative Language: Shakespeare

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This learning module provides remediation and extra practice with identifying figurative language techniques found in excerpts written by William Shakespeare. A worksheet is available to help reinforce the concept of figurative language...
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Figurative Language Activities

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Numerous activities, games, quizzes, lessons, and PowerPoint presentations are provided for the topic of "figurative language" in writing. Students will have numerous exposures to examples. Students will also be able to practice...

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