This project based activity will use Sylvia Plath's poem, "Mirror", to examine the use of personification and figurative language. The activity may also incorporate the use of technology to produce a multimedia project. This allows...

This is a lesson plan for teaching the seven literary terms used in poetry: simile, metaphor, alliteration, imagery, hyperbole, personification, and onomatopoeia.

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

This instructional activity focuses on rhetorical devices and how to use them effectively in public speaking. These include alliteration, antithesis, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, personification, repetition and parallelism, and simile and...

This lesson plan, inspired by Gary Paulsen's My Life in Dog Years, helps students write memoirs or narratives about their lives through the eyes of a pet, a favorite pair of jeans, or their shoes. Students choose one item that is very...