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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Cuban Crab Migration

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video segment from Nature, crabs face numerous obstacles in their migration from their forest home to the Caribbean Sea. [4:09]
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The World of Volcanoes

For Students 9th - 10th
In this segment from Nature, Scientists travel to the top of Mount Kilauea to collect molten lava samples for testing.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature: The Modern Poet: Poetry Terms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a poetry terms presentation which defines poetry terms.
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TES Global

Tes: Yr 5 Poetry Unit 1 a Poetic Style

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This learning module engages students in analyzing different poems. A poetry unit overview, a poetry checklist, figurative language notes, sixteen poems and graphic organizers are included to help...
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Centre for Literacy in Primary Education: Poetryline: Poetic Forms and Devices

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent resource for learning about the different forms and devices used in poetry. Each item is linked to its own page which has examples of its use. Many of the pages have videos of authors reading their poems, and some have...
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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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Quia

Quia: Figurative Language Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This 30-question quiz asks students to answer questions about figurative language by selecting the correct answer. Feedback is provided after the quiz is submitted. Java is required.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Figurative Language & Tone

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
A twelve-part learning module with links to texts, videos, and websites on figurative language and tone.
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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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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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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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TES Global

Blendspace: Rl 5.4 Figurative Language

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This twelve-part learning module provides assorted references for figurative language terms. This blendspace provides reproducible charts, flash cards, a game, video tutorial lessons, and rap songs. L.9-10.5 Fig Lang/nuances
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Figurative Language Poems With Questions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This learning module provides remediation and extra practice with identifying figurative language techniques in the context of poems. Nine different worksheets are available to help reinforce the concept of figurative language in poetry.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Figurative Language

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
A twelve-part learning module on figurative language including links to images, videos, a song, and a game to help students learn.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: Idea Lab: Myths in Words and Pictures

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Interactive website in which students learn about myth and symbols in art and storytelling. Engaging and informative with images and informational text.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Figurative Language Review

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson helps students understand figurative language.
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McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill: Informational Text: Craft and Structure: Figurative Language

For Students 2nd - 7th Standards
Explains what figurative language is and how to determine its meaning. Also provides a practice exercise.
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Figurative Language: Shakespeare

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This learning module provides remediation and extra practice with identifying figurative language techniques found in excerpts written by William Shakespeare. A worksheet is available to help reinforce the concept of figurative language...
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Figurative Language Activities

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Numerous activities, games, quizzes, lessons, and PowerPoint presentations are provided for the topic of "figurative language" in writing. Students will have numerous exposures to examples. Students will also be able to practice...
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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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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Thinking Skills

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this self-guided course, you will be looking at several pieces of literature in many different forms. This unit will teach you some principles of thinking and learning and how to use basic literary terms in the analysis of literature....
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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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Vocabulary Spelling City

Spelling City: Figurative Language

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This website focuses on figurative language: hyperbole, simile, metaphor, personification, and idioms. It provides lists of examples for each based on three educational levels: elementary, middle school, and high school.
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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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