PBS
Pbs Learning Media: What Is a Literary Element?: Walt Whitman
What is a literary element? Find the answer in this video segment that highlights the personal and artistic life of Walt Whitman.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Sound of Language: Alliteration, Assonance, and Onomatopoeia
This video [6:21] will teach you all about the different ways you can use the sound of words for effect. Alliteration is when you use a bunch of similar consonants in a row; assonance is when you use a bunch of similar vowel sounds in a...
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Understanding Figurative Language: A Leopard Can't Change His Spots
In this lesson, you will learn the meaning of the idiom "A leopard can't change his spots" by using context clues. [4:48]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Understanding Figurative Language: "Put on the Back Burner"
In this lesson, you will learn the meaning of the idiom "to put on the back burner" by using context clues. [4:51]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Show, Don't Tell
In this lesson, you will learn how to make your story more realistic and exciting by showing, not telling. [8:27]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Hyperbole: Lesson 2
This lesson introduces hyperbole as a rhetorical device. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Hyperbole." L.11-12.5a Figures of Speech
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Parable
This lesson discusses parables and provides examples of parables. W.11-12.2d Lang/Fig/Voc
Other
What Is a Metaphor?
This instructional video shares a tutorial about the topic of metaphors. [1:11]
Other
Youtube: What Is an Idiom?
Watch a video to learn about idioms with a definition and examples. [1:23]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Understand Figurative Language: "Barking Up the Wrong Tree"
In this lesson, you will learn the meaning of the idiom "barking up the wrong tree" by looking at a cartoon. [1:42]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Understand Figurative Language: "Bend Over Backwards"
In this lesson, you will learn the meaning of the idiom "bend over backwards" by looking at a cartoon. [1:45]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Understand Figurative Language: "Get on the Bandwagon"
In this lesson, you will learn the meaning of the idiom "get on the bandwagon" by looking at a cartoon. [1:57]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Understand Figurative Language: "Go Against the Grain"
In this lesson, you will learn the meaning of the idiom "go against the grain" by looking at a comic strip. [1:59]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Understand Figurative Language: "Go Out on a Limb"
In this lesson, you will learn the meaning of the idiom, "go out on a limb," by looking at a cartoon. [1:48]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Understand Figurative Language: "Icing on the Cake"
In this lesson, you will learn the meaning of the idiom, "icing on the cake," by looking at a cartoon. [1:49]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Understand Figurative Language: "Play It by Ear"
In this lesson, you will learn the meaning of the idiom, "play it by ear," by looking at a cartoon. [1:56]
Imagine Learning Classroom
Learn Zillion: Understand Figurative Language: "A Taste of His Own Medicine"
In this lesson, you will learn the meaning of the idiom "a taste of his own medicine" by looking at a cartoon. [2:05]
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Literally or Figuratively?
Watch this video to learn the difference between literally and figuratively. [0:35]