See pages 15, 31, and 47 of this 227-page document for activities where students must order sets of words from most negative to most positive connotation.

Click through this PDF slide presentation to learn a definition of tone and to gain a better understanding of how it is used in literature. Slides include activities to help students see the effect of using different tones and examples...

This site offers a definition of onomatopoeia and two lesson plans with two activities each for teaching onomatopoeia to 9th graders.

This set of interactive flashcards focuses on 34 terms relating to reading and their definitions.

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...

Definitions and examples of simile, metaphor, and hyperbole followed by 15 sentences asking students to identify whether the sentence contains a simile, metaphor, or hyperbole.

This is a teacher demonstrating and discussing teaching students poetic elements: learning the literary terms, their definitions, and how to apply the information when analyzing poetry.

An explanation of alliteration, how it is formed, and what effect it has on the reader and the text.

Figurative language adds a splash of color to your otherwise boring writing. This article defines figurative language and provides examples of the different types.

This site from The UVic Writer's Guide provides a brief description of the literary term "imagery."