PBS
The Symbolism of Sunflower Seeds in Ghost
Ghost by Jason Reynolds is a coming-of-age book that resonates with teenagers who have experienced childhood trauma. Explore the novel with an interactive resource that focuses on the author's use of symbolism, particularly with...
Flocabulary
What Is Hyperbole?
"My bag weighs a ton!" "I'm so hungry, I could die." Hyperbole is the focus of the first video in a larger language arts playlist. A catchy song full of hyperboles helps bring the figurative language device to life.
Curated OER
In on a Secret? That's Dramatic Irony
Struggling to get your learners to understand irony? Try out this video, which clarifies each type of irony before going into more depth on dramatic irony. The narrator relates this type of irony to both horror and comedy films and...
TED-Ed
The Art of the Metaphor
Show this poetic and captivating video to your class to activate thought about figurative language. The narrator conjures up scenes with her use of metaphor and describes not only what a metaphor is, but what a metaphor can do. She uses...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Synecdoche
This video lesson focuses on the literary device synecdoche, using a part to represent the whole idea or object. It defines the term, compares it to metaphor and metonymy, and offers common and literary examples.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Hyperbaton
The lesson introduces hyperbaton and goes over how hyperbaton is used in writing. This tutorial lesson shares a short screencast [2:57] with the lesson's content.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Metonymy
This lesson focuses on the literary device metonymy; it defines it, compares it to a metaphor, and provides everyday examples such as "man of the cloth" for priest, and literary examples such as "lend me your ears."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Allusions
This lesson introduces allusions and gives explanations and examples of four different types of allusion including literary, historical, religious, and mythic. [4:36]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Hyperbole: Lesson 2
This lesson introduces hyperbole as a rhetorical device. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Hyperbole." L.11-12.5a Figures of Speech
Elizabeth Foye
Vimeo: Alliteration
A video [2:01] by Elizabeth Foye defining and giving examples of alliteration.
Other
What Is a Metaphor?
This instructional video shares a tutorial about the topic of metaphors. [1:11]