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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Hyperboles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on the use of hyperbole; it defines the term and explains when it is used. It offers two video clips: the first demonstrates the use of hyperbole in song lyrics as it highlights them, and the second shows the use of...
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Handout
University of Victoria (Canada)

U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary and Rhetorical Terms: An Alphabetical List

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an alphabetical list of literary and rhetorical terms; each includes a definition and examples.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Paradox (English Iii Reading)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Source: Paradoxes, James Guppy, Flickr Paradox is a type of figurative language that A Handbook to Literature defines as "a statement that while seemingly contradictory or absurd may actually be well-founded or true." You will find...
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eBook
Other

Paradigm Education: My Shakespeare: Julius Caesar, Act 4, Scene 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The text of Act IV of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, accompanied by audio narration. Be sure to advance to scenes 2 and 3 (or to other acts of the play) using the buttons at the top. Includes audio narration, performance clips, discussion...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Irony, Sarcasm, and Paradox (English Ii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn to evaluate the role of irony, paradox, and sarcasm in literary nonfiction such as speeches and essays. It includes the definitions and...
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Handout
Rutgers University

Rutgers University: Glossary of Literary and Rhetorical Terms: Modernism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A succinct definition of modernism, with examples of authors and styles.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Understanding and Analysis of Literary Text: Allusion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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Handout
University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania: Repetition

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explains the role of repetition in poetry. Gives several examples of poems that use repetition as a literary device.
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Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Alliteration

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site fully explores the term "alliteration." Content includes a definition, examples in literature, and a look at why and how it has been used throughout literary history.
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Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Allegory

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Allegory" including multiple definitions for the term, links to other figures of speech, links to more information, and examples.
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Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Allusion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Allusion" including a defintion, an example, and links to more information.
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Handout
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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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Cacophony

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Cacophony" meaning harsh, discordant sounds. It includes a poem entitled "Player Piano" as an example.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Chiasmus

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Chiasmus" including a definition and examples.
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Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Inversion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Inversion" including definition and literary examples.
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Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Metaphor

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Metaphor" including a definition and links to simile, personification, hyperbole, anology, and other figures of speech.
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Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Oxymoron

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the literary term "Oxymoron" including a definition and a list of more that 50 oxymorons.
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Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Syllepsis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Syllepsis" including definitions and links to more information and examples.
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Poetry Lesson: Paradox Poetry

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Jack Johnson's "Inaudible Melodies" creates an interesting paradox of how society perceives itself versus the reality of how society really behaves. After listening to a second song using paradox in order to further understand the...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Figure of Speech

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Wikipedia provides a detailed definition of figure of speech, and then includes hyperlinks to different types of figures of speech.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Understatement

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an encyclopedia entry for the word "Understatement." It defines the term, provides background information about it, and offers references.
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Handout
Other

Goucher College: A Glossary of Terms Essential to Describing Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An exhaustive list of literary terms and techniques with explanations that often include examples, prepared for a college-level survey course in English literature.
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Handout
Other

Spelling police.com: Allegory

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Informational site that provides the definition for and examples of allegory.
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Other

Spelling police.com: Oxymoron

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Informational site that provides the definition for and examples of oxymoron. L.9-10.5a Figures of Speech