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.

This game asks students to match literary devices (similes, metaphors, personification, slang/dialect and allusions) with their examples while remembering where they are located behind covered squares. Java is required.

In this lesson, students learn how writers develop characters through a variety of techniques: narration, dialogue, interaction with other characters, interaction with setting, and characters' thoughts. RL.9-10.3 Analyzing Characters,...

Middle schoolers will be able to analyze literary devices by participating in a written discussion. This activity is called "Pass the Paper". Students pass a sheet of paper around the room, with each student adding on. It's just a...

Provides examples of how literary devices are used in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Looks at irony, motifs, themes, symbols, and how language is used.

Rcognize how literary devices such as character foils can create complex characters in a short story.

A learning module with eighteen links to videos and images to use when learning about literary devices including simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, and alliteration.

This lesson focuses on how writers develop characters through a variety of techniques: narration, dialogue, interaction with other characters, interaction with setting, and character's thoughts.

A discussion of the literary devices used by Shakespeare in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Each device is linked to additional pages with more detailed information and examples.

This word search asks students to locate quoted examples of literary devices using the word bank provided. Java is required.

Multiple literary devices are found in The Great Gatsby. Learn about how these devices are used in this in depth analysis.

This site provides a literary analysis of Animal Farm by George Orwell using the literary devices in the novel including symbolism, imagery, allegory, setting, point of view, genre, tone, writing style, plot analysis and more.

This site gives an overview of the major literary devices found in Romeo and Juliet.

Explains what an ode is, the different types (Pindaric, Horatian, and irregular), and gives some modern examples. Discusses the significance of odes in the history of literature and gives examples with explanations. Three multiple-choice...

Jimi Hendrix's 'The Wind Cries Mary' is an ideal song, not just to illustrate personification, but also to demonstrate how poetic devices enhance the meaning of the poem. As soon as the students recognize that the speaker is mourning the...

This site defines Allusion and then provides several examples of allusion in literature including Milton's Paradise Lost, Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, Conrad's Heart of Darkness, and Keats's Ode to the Grecian Urn. It also discusses the...

This unit focuses on satire and humor; it defines satire as a literary device used to expose follies, vices, and hypocrites to bring about change. It includes links to Gullivers Travels and Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift, "The Rape of...

This is a guide to the reading of Act V of Macbeth. It offers background information, links to vocabulary, a summary of the act, hyperlinked notes, the text of the act, questions, and an alternative text. It also provides a thought...

The text of Act V of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, accompanied by audio narration. Be sure to advance to subsequent (or to other acts of the play) using the buttons at the top. Includes audio narration, performance clips, discussion...

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson's activities, you will determine the purpose of description, narration, and exposition essays, analyze their literary devices, and examine text features. You...

A simple list of literary terms. Click on each for a definition and examples.

A learning module that teaches students about using literary devices to enhance style and tone in four lessons: Introduction, Style in Literature, Tone, and Your Turn.

A learning module that teaches students about allusion as a literary device in five mini-lessons: Introduction, Allusion Defined, Allusion in Speeches, Allusion in Writing, Test Your Understanding.

The teacher edition of a textbook chapter on Act 4 of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Students will analyze the plot, make and verify predictions, and analyze characters. Includes explanations of vocabulary with accompanying text from the...