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abcteach

Abcteach: Similes [Pdf]

For Teachers 1st - 4th Standards
This printable worksheet tutorial tests your knowledge of writing snow similes.
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Math Slice

Math Slice: Jumanji Slice Special Test

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Test your knowledge of familiar idioms with this succinct quiz. Assessment is scored online and could possibly be used as an assessment tool.
Primary
National Center for Public Policy Research

National Center: Acceptance Speech: 1964 Republican National Convention

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the text of Barry Goldwater's acceptance speech for the presidential nomination at the 1964 Republican National Convention.
Website
New Deal Network

New Deal Network: Selected Works of Henry A. Wallace

For Students 9th - 10th
Henry A. Wallace was one of FDR's most trusted advisors. Find an essay about his life along with the transcripts of many speeches given during his time as a public figure.
Primary
Claremont Institute

Founding.com: James Madison

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of speeches, letters and other documents written by James Madison.
Primary
Claremont Institute

Founding.com: Abraham Lincoln

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of speeches and letters written by Abraham Lincoln.
Handout
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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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Personification Worksheets

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This learning module provides remediation and extra practice with identifying and explaining personification in sentences. Reinforcement for personification is provided through the nine different worksheets.
Handout
Other

St. Edward's University: Devices: Assonance/consonance

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Defines and compares the use of assonance and consonance in poetry, with examples.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Personification

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Seven slides introducing and providing examples of personification. Slides also explain the purpose and impact of personification within a text, and examples come from "Rappaccini's Daughter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Producing Poetic Podcasts (Hey, That's Alliteration!)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this culminating instructional activity for a poetry unit, learners will create a video podcast that summarizes a specific poem, analyzes the poet's use of literary elements, and infers the meaning of the poem (theme). The podcast...
Activity
Other

Blinn College: Bryan Writing Center: Poetry Explication [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides guidelines for analyzing poetry. Students must make certain they have a basic understanding of a poem, then analyze the language used. A set of 26 questions is offered that students can reference to help them analyze a poem....
Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Puns

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a glossary entry for the term "Puns" including a definition and an extensive list of examples.
Activity
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Syntax Store

For Students K - 1st Standards
The colors listed in the boxes represent different parts of speech: noun, verb, adjective, adverb, etc. Figure out which colors represent which part of speech and then use the colors to create proper sentences.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Poetry

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
A six-part learning module with links to texts and videos on figurative language in poetry.
Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Literary Terms F R

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The second of three pages of simple definitions for literary terms. This page, F - R, covers forty-seven terms from "Fable," to "Romance."
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Analogy

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Analogy" including the definition, an example, and links to more information.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Rhetorical Devices and Historically Significant Speeches

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart gives students the opportunity to analyze Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech and identify the rhetorical devices that make them...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "I Have a Dream" by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech to over 250,000 people from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. In this speech, King discusses racial...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Literature and Composition: Rationalism: Rhetoric

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on Rhetoric and the literary techniques used in American Revolutionary speeches and writings. Students are asked to determine the rhetorical devices used in quotes from "The Crisis No 1" by Thomas Paine and Patrick...
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Mythweb

Mythweb: Hercules

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
How is Greek mythology relevant to you right now? This site gives you examples of the connections between ancient Greek myths and your world today, in terms of figures of speech. Ever perform a Herculean task? Been tantalized by...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Cliches: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lessons introduces cliches and discusses their use. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Cliches."
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Claremont Institute

Founding.com: John C. Calhoun

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of speeches given by John C. Calhoun on why slavery should not be abolished.
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Quia

Quia: Rags to Riches: Idioms From Context

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
In this interactive, "millionaire-style" game, students read passages with idioms in them. Then they will select the correct explanation for each idiom.

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