ClassFlow
Class Flow: Poetry
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides an introduction to poetry terms, examples, and web links.
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Class Flow: Sound Elements and Literary Terms Review
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps students review sound elements such as alliteration, onomatopoeia, assonance. It also includes a review of most literary terms. A $1,000 pyramid-type of review is included as well.
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Bob's Byway: Glossary of Poetic Terms
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.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Alliterations
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will know what alliteration is as well as how it will help their writing and poetry become more interesting.
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Class Flow: Figurative Language and Sound Devices
[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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Hoocher: Figures of Speech
A list of figures of speech and their definitions with examples from literature.
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Teachers First: The Raven: An Interactive Study Resource
This resource for teaching Poe's "The Raven" marks his use of literary devices and vocabulary. As students cursor over highlighted words, vocabulary is defined and the uses of assonance, alliteration, and internal rhyme are pointed out....
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Where Once There Was a Wood
Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures - no memorization required! Have fun...
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Wise Geek: What Is the Difference Between Alliteration and Assonance?
Information and links to additional information about alliteration, assonance, prose, and consonance.
LM Digital Media
Kids World Fun: Totally Bored Boris! [Pdf]
This ebook shares the story of a bear named Boris who is completely bored. Many suggestions are offered to relieve Boris of his boredom. Will Boris' boredom ever be cured, or will he suffer this condition permanently?
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Activity: Awesome Alliteration | Word Girl
This WordGirl lesson focuses on alliteration. Students will generate a list of alliterative words, then write an original poem using those words.
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Rudolph Academy: Figurative Language Quizzes and Practice Exercises
This site offers a multitude of figurative language quizzes (some by grade level), a PowerPoint presentation and links to much more. It features a 30 question quiz asking students to either read or listen to statements and then select...
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Figurative Language: Alliteration
An explanation of alliteration, how it is formed, and what effect it has on the reader and the text.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Poetry Games
Students will use this interactive exercise to play with words to strengthen their imaginations and their enjoyment of poetry in this SMART whiteboard activity.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: What Is Figurative Language?
Figurative language adds a splash of color to your otherwise boring writing. This article defines figurative language and provides examples of the different types.