This slideshow lesson focuses on antithesis; it defines it and explains its uses: to acknowledge the complexity of the situation, to emphasize contrast, and to create a balance between opposites.

This printable worksheet tutorial tests your knowledge of writing snow similes.

This lessons introduces cliches and discusses their use. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Cliches."

A six-part learning module with links to texts and videos on figurative language in poetry.

This lesson is applicable to any story or novel in literature. The students will be introduced to twelve literary elements through a podcast. They will then be divided into small groups to complete activities involving story and literary...

In this culminating lesson for a poetry unit, students 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 must use a talk...

This slideshow lesson introduces idioms.

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...

This instructional activity not only examines the message of Dr. King, but also the words themselves. This is a instructional activity in identifying the literary devices that he used in his "I Have a Dream" Speech. It will introduce the...

A six-part learning module with links to texts and videos to use while learning about idioms, adages, and proverbs.

This lesson introduces onomatopoeia as a figure of speech.

[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...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Through this lesson, students identify individual, personal, and political rights (freedom of religion, freedom of speech, right to own property) by analyzing lives of historical African American...

A six-part learning module with links to videos and websites about similes and metaphors.