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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Stylistic Devices

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students review connotation and denotation and stylistic devices in poetry. They read the lyrics to a song as it is being played and then discuss the meaning of the song. As a class, students read poems, share their thoughts, and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Octavio Paz

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders read and analyze the poem, "The Street," by Hispanic author, Octavio Paz. They research the life of Octavio Paz and identify his literary contributions. They complete an online scavenger hunt and create an author map of...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Anna Karenina: Symbols Quiz

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 5 multiple choice questions based on symbolism in Anna Karenina. Students may submit their answers to be scored on this timed quiz.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Patterns In Poetry: Images (Part 3)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore imagery in poetry. In this poetry lesson, students examine how the use of metaphors and similes aid in reading comprehension. Multiple resources are provided.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Teaching Guide: Can You Make a Piggy Giggle?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the book Can You Make a Piggy Giggle?. In this language arts lesson plan, students focus on a variety of aspects within the book. Students study the illustrations, listen for rhymes, and attempt the tongue twisters in...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Modern American Poetry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify different types of literary terms in poems. They read different poems and create a packet summarizing them. They write a poem of their own and a biography of one of their favorite poets.
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Handout
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Alliteration

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Notes introducing and providing examples of alliteration and the two types of alliteration, consonance and assonance. Notes can be both read and listened to.
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Handout
Other

Wise Geek: What Is the Difference Between Alliteration and Assonance?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Information and links to additional information about alliteration, assonance, prose, and consonance.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Assonance: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the topic of assonance.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Fantasy and Science Fiction: Science Fiction Poetry

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on science fiction poetry and the use of the literary techniques, alliteration and assonance. It features links to two Vimeo videos on alliteration, the Science Fiction Poetry Association website, and WiseGEEK: "What...
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Handout
Other

Beginner's Guide to Prosody: Anglo Saxon Accentual Meter

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a great history and explanation of Anglo-Saxon accentual poetry along with some excellent examples. Before the article, a number of related terms are defined including the following: alliteration, assonance,...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Strategy to Define: Identify Poetic Terms

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Online lesson plan offers teachers the ability to teach a "Four-square," strategy technique for poetic terms. Students explore websites and define terms such as alliteration, assonance, simile, and rhyme.
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Sound & Rhyme

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson discusses the use of sound in poetry, mainly focusing on the use of rhyme. Various kinds of rhyme are defined (rhyme scheme, perfect rhyme, forced rhyme, slant rhyme, masculine rhyme, feminine rhyme, visual rhyme, and...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Sound of Language

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Can you spot writers' use of alliteration, assonance, and onomatopoeia that add sound effects to their language?
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Sound Elements and Literary Terms Review

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps students review sound elements such as alliteration, onomatopoeia, assonance. It also includes a review of most literary terms. A $1,000 pyramid-type of review is included as well.
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Primary
Other

Teachers First: The Raven: An Interactive Study Resource

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource for teaching Poe's "The Raven" marks his use of literary devices and vocabulary. As students cursor over highlighted words, vocabulary is defined and the uses of assonance, alliteration, and internal rhyme are pointed out....
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Brit Lit: 20th Century Postmodernism: Dylan Thomas

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson from a 20th Century Postmodernism unit focuses on Dylan Thomas and his poetry. It provides links to his biography, two of his poems, and a literary analysis assignment pertaining the literary devices and voice in Thomas's...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature: Rhetorical Landscape: Rhetoric

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on rhetoric; it defines it, discusses rhetorical devices, and audience appeals. It includes a student assignment to read "Tear Down This Wall" a speech by Ronald Reagan and then use the comment feature in Microsoft...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: "Top Twenty Figures of Speech" [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a two-page PDF of the "Top Twenty Figures of Speech" which provides 20 literary techniques with their definitions from GrammarAbout.com.
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Website
Other

Centre for Literacy in Primary Education: Poetryline: Poetic Forms and Devices

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent resource for learning about the different forms and devices used in poetry. Each item is linked to its own page which has examples of its use. Many of the pages have videos of authors reading their poems, and some have...
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Lesson Plan
University of Oregon

Pizzaz, Creative Writing & Storytelling: Tongue Twisters

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This PIZZAZ (People Interested in Zippy and ZAny Zcribbling) lesson plan will engage students in writing tongue twisters. Examples of tongue twisters are provided. A template is also included as a graphic organizing support for students.
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Able Media

Figures of Speech Syntax Exercise

For Students 9th - 10th
Wonderful exercise uses lines from Book II of Vergil's "Aeneid," to test mastery of rhetorical devices that pertain to syntax. Encourages practice of many skills.
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Website
Other

Teachersfirst: The Interactive Raven

For Students 9th - 10th
This site highlights the vocabulary and sound techniques that Poe used to create his well-known poem "The Raven." See if you can identify the devices in the last part of the poem.
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Handout
Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Literary Terms a E

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The first of three pages of simple definitions for literary terms. This page, A - E, covers forty-four terms from "Allegory" to "Exposition."

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