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English Essentials - Powering through Prose - Figurative Language (Stage 6, Years/Grades 11-12)
Our third lesson will zoom into the finer elements of prose fiction. We’ll delve into figurative language, imagery, rhythm, syntax and tone. We’ll review some basic language features before building on your understanding. To help us,...
TED-Ed
The Art of the Metaphor
Show this poetic and captivating video to your class to activate thought about figurative language. The narrator conjures up scenes with her use of metaphor and describes not only what a metaphor is, but what a metaphor can do. She uses...
TED-Ed
Beware of Nominalizations (AKA Zombie Nouns)
Save your sentences from the zombie apocalypse! All you need are juicy, verb-driven sentences. Watch the video to find out how to awaken the living dead in your writing, and then how to put the dead to rest and the life back into your...
Macat
An Introduction to Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities
Did you ever wonder how nations form in the first place and what brings such a strong sense of community? A video explains how a community forms according to Benedict Anderson with animation, graphics, and even pizza-related metaphors.
Macat
An Introduction to Alexis De Tocqueville’s Democracy In America
Alexis de Tocqueville wanted to establish a successful democracy in France, so he turned to the newest example of democracy available in the early nineteenth century: the young American government. Learn more about the...
TED-Ed
Rethinking Thinking
As humans, we are constantly making inferences and developing beliefs about the world around us. Using the image of a ladder embedded in our subconscious, take a detailed look into how, rung by rung, we process our interactions with...