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California Federation of Chaparral Poets, Inc

Poetic Devices

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Have everything you need to know about the elements of poetry with a nine-page handout. Split into four categories—word sounds, meanings, arrangement, and imagery—budding poets may reference terms, read definitions, descriptions, and...
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Deer Valley Unified School District

Close Reading: Analyzing Mood and Tone

For Students 9th - 12th
The AP Literature and Composition exam is all about close reading. Test takers are presented with a passage and asked to analyze how an author uses literary devices to create a desired effect. Prepare your students for the exam with a...
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Curated OER

Poetic Elements

For Students 9th - 12th
Poetry is all about sound and rhythm. The sound of the words, the rhythm of the lines, and the emotional atmosphere created by these elements and the literary devices poets use, compress whole stories into a few stanzas. The specialized...
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Fu Jen Univ.: Poetic Elements: Denotation and Connotation: Figures of Speech

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site gives short definitions of the terms denotation and connotation. Also gives definitions for many figures of speech. Finally, includes discussion and study questions for a few poems at the bottom of the page. L.11-12.5b Nuance
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The University of Wales: Semiotics for Beginners

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Click on Denotation, Connotation, and Myth. A discourse in the use of "denotation" and "connotation" as they refer to semiotics and cultural myths.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Evaluating the Connotation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on evaluating the connotation of a vocabulary word. It defines connotation and gives an example. It details three steps: read the word in context, determine the tone of the overall reading, and compare the tone with...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Determining Denotation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson explains how to determine the denotation of words; it defines denotation and offers a plan of action: look up the word in the dictionary, read all meanings paying attention to parts of speech, and compare each of these...
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University of Victoria (Canada)

The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Connotation and Denotation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides a brief explanation of the distinction between "denotation" and "connotation."
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Connotation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Connotation" including the definition and an example.
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Towson University

Towson University: Ows: Commonly Confused Words: Connote / Denote

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This entry focuses on the commonly confused words connote and denote including providing an explanation, examples, and a link to a quiz/exercise.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Connotation and Denotation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson discusses connotation and denotation; it defines each and provides examples showing how words can have very similar denotations but very different connotations. This information is offered in text and audio.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Denotation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Brief definition of the term denotation provided. Several examples given and a link to the term connotation provided.
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Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Analyze Language Choices

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Learn about figurative language and how to determine the figurative, denotative, and connotative meanings of words.
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Other

Lexiconic.net: Elements of Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource explains how to approach an analysis of a poem. It discusses assumptions people may have, the importance of reading it closely before analyzing it, looking at the stanza structure, the type of poem, the sound patterns,...
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Towson University

Towson University: Ows: Commonly Confused Words: Continual / Continuous

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry focuses on the commonly confused words continual and continuous including providing an explanation, examples, and a link to a quiz/exercise.
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University of Victoria (Canada)

The U Vic Writer's Guide: General Literary Terms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The University of Victoria's Writer's Guide includes an extensive list of literary and rhetorical terms. List can be displayed alphabetically.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Euphemism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Euphemism" including a definition and examples. L.9-10.5a Figures of Speech
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Literary Terms a E

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The first of three pages of simple definitions for literary terms. This page, A - E, covers forty-four terms from "Allegory" to "Exposition."
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Other

Bob's Byway: Glossary of Poetic Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
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.

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