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Don Quixote
Learners examine the use of metaphors in literature. In this literary devices lesson, students read poems that feature extended metaphors and compare them to the metaphors used in Don Quixote. Learners then try their hand at writing...
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I Am a Person on Character
Sixth graders explore the portrayal of males and females in mass media. In this language arts activity, 6th graders create a digital collage and write a description about themselves using similes and metaphors.
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Poetry IV--Similes and Metaphors
Learners solve and write riddles using similes and metaphors. In this similes and metaphors lesson plan, students work in groups to solve descriptive riddles for famous landmarks. Learners are given pictures of landforms and write own...
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Patterns In Poetry: Images (Part 3)
Students explore imagery in poetry. In this poetry instructional activity, students examine how the use of metaphors and similes aid in reading comprehension. Multiple resources are provided.
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Happy and Sad
For this English idioms and metaphors worksheet, students discover the metaphorical meaning of words and phrases associated with happiness and sadness. Students work in pairs to role play a conversation about things that make them happy...
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Similes and Metaphors Information
In this similes and metaphors worksheet, students write a descriptive practice paragraph in which they describe a place, idea, person, event, or concept without telling what the subject of the paragraph is. Students then pair up to try...
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Recognizing Similes: Fast as a Whip
Students review basic knowledge of similes and engage with similes on a more abstract level. For this similes lesson, students define similes and identify examples. Students read and analyze the similes used in poetry by Derricotte,...
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Metaphors in Literature
Eighth graders analyze literature and the use of metaphors. In this metaphors lesson, 8th graders view and discuss the examples of metaphors. Students complete the phrases by writing in a metaphor.
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Focus On Figurative Language in Prose
Students examine the use of literary prose in the story, "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed." In this literary prose lesson, students investigate the use of imagery, metaphor, and simile in the story. They tell how author's purpose is...
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Similes and Metaphors
Young scholars use similes and metaphors to enhance their creative writing. In this creative writing worksheet, students learn the definitions of and differences between similes and metaphors. They practice making similes using the list...
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Fairness Metaphor
Pupils write a metaphor. In this descriptive writing instructional activity, students define metaphor. Pupils come up with a creative metaphor to describe their feelings about fair practices related to music downloads.
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Simile and Metaphor (cont.)
In this comparison words worksheet, students learn how to use metaphors to compare one thing to another. Students complete 8 metaphors.
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It's Not Always What It Seems to Be!
Students write metaphors. In this literary devices lesson, students discuss metaphors and how they are used in literature. Students read the poem "Song of a Dandelion Pushing up Through an Urban Sidewalk Crack" and determine any...
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Identifying Figurative Language
High schoolers explore figurative language. In this Fahrenheit 451 lesson, students read the Bradbury novel. As they read, high schoolers note the simile, metaphor, and personification examples that they encounter.
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Metaphors
In this metaphors worksheet, students practice writing sentences using metaphors. Students are given fifteen adjectives that describe someone and students use a metaphor to write a sentence about the adjective.
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Metaphors
In this figurative language worksheet, students discover what metaphors are as they read a description and then identify the meanings of the metaphors in 7 sentences.
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Pound A Poem
Students participate in various poem-related lessons to learn how they can make a difference in the lives of people they don't know. In this poetry lesson, students discover that this pound a poem competition is about raising money for...
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Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole
For this online interactive figurative language worksheet, students respond to 15 fill in the blank questions identifying each sentence as a simile, metaphor, or hyperbole.
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Literary Terms Word Search Puzzle
In this literary terms worksheet, students define and review ten key literary terms and then locate and circle those ten terms within a word search puzzle for mastery.
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Similes and Metaphors
In this similes and metaphors learning exercise, students write similes for seven given sentences and then change them into metaphors.
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Arctic Metaphors
In this metaphor worksheet, students are given a series of 5 questions to answer. This will lead them to write a metaphor on an Arctic theme.
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Nature Metaphors
In this metaphor worksheet, students read information about how to write a metaphor . Students are instructed to write some metaphors about nature in an unlined blank space.
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Exploring Color Vocabulary
Students explore color terms and related meanings and metaphors in cultural and literary contexts. They use the main colors to explore synonymous color terms and related metaphorical meanings of color words. Students recognize the...
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Fourth graders identify examples of figurative language in the book, "One Day in the Woods," by Jean Craighead George. They illustrate a figure of speech and identify it as a simile or metaphor. Each student then records their...