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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Assonance

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Assonance" including a definition and an example.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Deus Ex Machina

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a glossary entry for the term Deus ex Machina which literally means "god out of a machine." It is a negative reference to an author who uses a supernatural being like an angel to resolve a plot.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Diction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Diction" including a definition, an example, and a link to more examples.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Connotation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Connotation" including the definition and an example.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Rhyme Scheme

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a glossary entry for the term "Rhyme Scheme" including a definition and an example.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Setting

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Setting," the time and place a story takes place.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Negative Capability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Negative Capability" including the definition and a link to an example.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Euphemism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Euphemism" including a definition and examples. L.9-10.5a Figures of Speech
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Hyperbole

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the figure of speech "Hyperbole" including a definition and examples.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Caesura

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Caesura" including a definition and an example.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Bibliomancy

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a glossary entry for the term "Bibliomancy" meaning a "prediction based on a Bible verse or literary passage chosen at random."
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Spoonerism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for "Spoonerism" including the definition, background information, and examples.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Their Eyes Were Watching God

For Students 9th - 10th
This video [4:00] from the American Masters film Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun examines Zora Neale Hurston and her famous novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God." In this resource, students delve into the novel's title in greater...