Curated OER
Similes and Metaphors
It only takes 90 seconds for this student to explain the differences between a simile and a metaphor. He gives examples of different phrases, along with helpful definition.
Curated OER
What is Onomatopoeia
Boom, meow, smack! These are all onomatopoeia words that imitate the sounds they denote. Use this video to tell students more about onomatopoeia.
Curated OER
Concept of Symbols
Tackle the topic of symbols with this interesting clip. Todd defines the term symbol then labels several gestures, such as smiling and waving as symbols representing a word or feeling. He fails however, to link the use of symbols to...
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: Apostrophe: A Literary Device
This video lesson focuses on apostrophe, a literary device (not the punctuation mark). It explains that apostrophe is used in literature to create conversations between a character and an absent or dead person or a non-human entity and...
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."
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Lesson Video for 'Analyze the Impact of Tension on the Reader'
In this lesson, you will learn how tension impacts the reader by analyzing the author's use of foreshadowing. [5:54]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Notice Figurative Language in a Poem
In this lesson, you will learn how to notice figurative language in a poem by looking for double meaning in words. [4:24]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Sound of Language: Alliteration, Assonance, and Onomatopoeia
This video explains what alliteration, assonance, and onomatopoeia are, and how they are used in literary text. [6:20]
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.