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Kids on the Net: Dragonville: Do You Know Your Metaphors?
In this game, students are to drag the words on the right to the complete the metaphor on the left. The time begins as soon as the game is opened.
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Kids on the Net: Dragonville: Do You Know Your Similes?
The object of this game is to drag the words on the right to form similes with the phrases on the left before the time runs out. The time begins as soon as the page is opened.
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Common Core Standards Bellringers: Grade 8: English Language Arts [Pdf]
See pages 15, 31, and 47 of this 227-page document for activities where students must order sets of words from most negative to most positive connotation.
Austin Independent School District
Austin Independent School District: Examining Tone in Literature [Pdf]
Click through this PDF slide presentation to learn a definition of tone and to gain a better understanding of how it is used in literature. Slides include activities to help students see the effect of using different tones and examples...
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: Poetry Lesson Plans Onomatopoeia
This site offers a definition of onomatopoeia and two lesson plans with two activities each for teaching onomatopoeia to 9th graders.
Quizlet
Quizlet: 5th Grade: Reading Terms: Flashcards
This set of interactive flashcards focuses on 34 terms relating to reading and their definitions.
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Rudolph Academy: Figurative Language Quizzes and Practice Exercises
This site offers a multitude of figurative language quizzes (some by grade level), a PowerPoint presentation and links to much more. It features a 30 question quiz asking students to either read or listen to statements and then select...
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My Schoolhouse: Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole
Definitions and examples of simile, metaphor, and hyperbole followed by 15 sentences asking students to identify whether the sentence contains a simile, metaphor, or hyperbole.
Teaching Channel
Teaching Channel: Exploring Poetic Elements
This is a teacher demonstrating and discussing teaching students poetic elements: learning the literary terms, their definitions, and how to apply the information when analyzing poetry.
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Figurative Language: Alliteration
An explanation of alliteration, how it is formed, and what effect it has on the reader and the text.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: What Is Figurative Language?
Figurative language adds a splash of color to your otherwise boring writing. This article defines figurative language and provides examples of the different types.
University of Victoria (Canada)
The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Imagery
This site from The UVic Writer's Guide provides a brief description of the literary term "imagery."