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Sophia: Common Themes in Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on common themes in literature, beginning with a slide show discussing 11 different, common themes and literary examples. This is followed by a 11-minute YouTube video with students acting out common themes in...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Imagery Chart [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A short graphic organizer for students in studying the literary element of imagery. Includes a definition and chart with five sections with examples, one for each of the senses.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Analyzing a Story's Theme [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A short set of questions designed to help students consider and analyze the element of theme within a piece of literature. RL.9-10.2 and RL. 11-12.2 Analyzing Theme.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Ambiguity Chart [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A graphic organizer for learning and applying understanding of the literary element of ambiguity. Includes sections in which you list the ambiguity from a given text and its possible interpretations.
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Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Style Chart [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A brief organizer in which students can analyze a given selection's writing style. Includes sections on diction, figures of speech, images, and sentence structure.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: The Elements of Poetry [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a 2-page PDF of a chart that lists eight elements of poetry, questions to ask concerning each element, and tips and explanations to aid the understanding of each element. RL.9-10.5 text structure effects
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Analyzing a Myth [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A brief worksheet/organizer in which students can analyze the content of a given mythological story. Includes five questions and space for students answers and analysis.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Symbol Chart [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of symbols in literature, followed by a chart. Students can use the chart to document their understanding of symbolism in a given piece of literature.
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abcteach

Abcteach: Fairy Tale Book Report [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Wonderful printable fairy tale report form. It covers the major elements of a fairy tale as well as other literary elements.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Evaluating Character and Plot in Literature [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A brief graphic organizer which allows students to evaluate the literary elements of plot and character in a given piece of literature. Also includes a section which requires textual support. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
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Quia

Quia: Narrative Structure Elements

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
This reading resource provides vocabulary words with definitions. All words are related to the elements of narratives. A link to associated review activities is included.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Allegory Chart [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A graphic organizer to understanding allegories in a given piece of literature. Fill in the sections on literal meaning, symbolic meaning, and the lesson presented.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Plot Outline [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A graphic organizer for students, laying out the basic outline of a story's plot and allowing students to fill in the necessary details.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Science Fiction

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow introduces the genre of science fiction. It presents background information, common elements, common themes, pop movies (from books) showing diverse examples, and three specific examples: "Time Machine," "I, Robot," and...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Historical Fiction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This slideshow lesson features the genre of historical fiction. It provides background information, common elements, literary examples, and practice. The practice consists of viewing pictures of Stonehenge and the Pyramids and thinking...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mystery

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow focuses on the genre of mystery; it provides background, compares and contrasts mystery and crime fiction, lists the common elements of mystery, and provides literary examples with Nancy Drew and Agatha Christie novels.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Romance

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow lesson focuses on the genre romance; it provides genre background and common elements. It offers literary examples and an excerpt with explanation.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Action/adventure

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This slideshow focuses on the genre of action/adventure; it provides background information, common elements, a list of pop culture movies (made from books), three famous literary examples, and an excerpt from a fourth with commentary.
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TES Global

Tes: 'Crabbed Age and Youth'. William Shakespeare's Use of Similes

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This learning module contains a PowerPoint game that reviews literary and figurative elements that are present in poetry. Students will also analyze the William Shakespeare's poem, "Crabbed Age of...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Determining Methods of Characterization [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A brief organizer in which students can document how a character in literature is presented, through either direct or indirect characterization. Provides labels, examples, and sections for textual support.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Central Conflict

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An eight-slide document introducing central conflict in a literary text and providing examples from The Arabian Nights.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Discovering Irony [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A brief PDF worksheet in which students can assess the irony in a given piece of literature. They will document the type of irony, an example from the text, and its effect on the reader as indicated by the boxes.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Educational Insights: The Headless Horseman

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive demonstration that reveals the literary content of John Quidor's painting The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane. Roll over elements in Quidor's painting to find connections to Washington Irving's tale of the...
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Prezi: Beginning, Middle, and End

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Based on the story, Harry the Dirty Dog, this slideshow introduces the different elements of the beginning, middle, and end of a story.

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