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David G. Simpson: The Use of Kennings in Anglo Saxon Literature [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an eleven-page PDF research paper on the use of kennings in Anglo Saxon literature. It includes a definition of kennings (a type of metaphor), an outline, the paper, an appendix of kennings and literal translations, and resources.
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Read Works

Read Works: 3rd Grade Lesson: Metaphors

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A instructional activity in which students use the book If You Hopped Like a Frog by David M. Schwartz and an additional short text to learn to identify and understand the use of metaphor in fiction....
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Identifying Figures of Speech [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A graphic organizer which allows students to document and list the figures of speech they identify in a given piece of literature. These include simile, metaphor, personification, and symbol, and require examples from the text.
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Able Media

Figures of Speech: Rhetoric Exercises

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a great exercise that helps students practice identifying and translating rhetorical devices in Latin poetry. Uses examples from Book II of Vergil's Aeneid.
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Quia

Quia: Matching: Literary Devices

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This matching game has students match examples of literary devices (yellow boxes) with the terms (blue boxes). There are multiples of each, but each set is matched to a specific box. Java is required.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning:romantic Poetry:second Generation: Lord Byron, George Gordon

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson on Romantic Poetry focuses on the second generation poet Lord Byron (George Gordon). It features links to his biography, and two of his poems both offered in both text and audio forms: "She Walks in Beauty" and "Don Juan...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Writing Poetry Like Pros

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
By looking to examples of popular poetry in a variety of forms, students learn to analyze, appreciate, and synthesize poetry in the classroom. "Writing Poetry Like Pros" provides several links to poetry texts and suggestions for creating...
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My Schoolhouse: Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
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.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Simile and Metaphor

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This elementary flipchart explores examples of simile and metaphor as students brainstorm ideas with the class.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Metaphor & Simile

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps students understand the use of metaphors and similes in written and spoken language. There are several fun examples, activities and whole group feedback using Activotes.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Writing Narratives

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Notes, a PowerPoint presentation, two videos, a song, an exercise, and a game help students to understand how to write a narrative. Elements of a narrative as well as the use of figurative language and sensory images are introduced and...
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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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Rutgers University

Rutgers University: Glossary of Literary and Rhetorical Terms: Synecdoche

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Brief definition with links to information on related literary terms and examples.
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Read Works

Read Works: Figurative Language 3rd Grade Unit

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this three-lesson unit, students use the book If You Hopped Like a Frog by David Schwartz and some additional short texts to learn to identify and understand the use of simile and metaphor in fiction...
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Read Works

Read Works: 3rd Grade Lesson: Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which young scholars use two provided poems to learn to identify and understand the use of similes and metaphors in poetry. Lesson includes direct teaching, guided practice, and independent...
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Spelling police.com: Literary Devices

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A simple list of literary terms. Click on each for a definition and examples.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: How to Change a Frog Into a Prince

For Students 9th - 10th
In this poem, the author uses the "Frog and Prince" allusion to send a message about raising boys to turn into wonderful men.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Literary Nonfiction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn how to analyze literary nonfiction, especially speeches, by making inferences and drawing conclusions based on evidence in the text. The...

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