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Curated OER

The Old Man and the Sea: Guided Imagery

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What do you imagine when you think of the sea? Put on some ocean sounds, close your eyes, and listen to a guided meditation based on the imagery from The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. After class members listen to...
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Novelinks

Tuck Everlasting: Similes, Metaphors, and Personification in Imagery

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Poetic language is abundant in Natalie Babbitt's beautiful novel, Tuck Everlasting. Learners note the examples of similes, metaphors, and personification they find as they read, and illustrate how the language creates a sensory...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Practical Criticism

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
As an introduction to literary criticism, class members recreate I.A. Richards' close reading experiment. Individuals select a poem, paraphrase the story, focus on the imagery used, consider what the imagery adds to the tale, and...
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Texas Education Agency (TEA)

Close Reading of Poetry: Practice 3 (English II Reading)

For Students 10th Standards
Poems by Shel Silverstein, Emily Dickinson, Jean Toomer, Maya Angelou, and others offer users of the final interactive in a ten-part set to demonstrate what they have learned about how writers use imagery, metaphors, allusions, and...
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Poetry4kids

How to Write an Exaggeration Poem

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
The best poetry writing lesson of all time is here for you! Learn all about the art of exaggeration with a lesson on exaggeration poems, which instructs students to use wild imagery to convey their message.
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Curated OER

World Literature: The Inferno Essay

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
In this literature analysis worksheet, studnets read Dante's Inferno and write an introduction with a thesis statement. Students give a synopsis of the comedy and then write an essay. Students select from the five options to complete the...
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Teaching English

Poetry Project in Three Parts

For Teachers 7th - 10th
It’s poetry T.I.M.E! Individuals use the T.I.M.E. format (T = Title, thought, and theme;  I = Imagery and figurative language; M = music and sound; E = emotion) to study a poet, collect poems that have a similar theme, and create a...
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Prestwick House

The Grapes of Wrath

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
At over 450 pages, John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Grapes of Wrath can be a challenging choice for full-class, book circle, or independent reading. The activities in a 10-page sample The Grapes of Wrath...
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Infobased Learning

Bloom's Literature: How to Write about Nineteen Eighty Four

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
A good prompt is hard to find, especially ones that encourage application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of a text. Help is here in the form of a prompt list for George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four that offers essay topics that...
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Japan Society

The Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905: A Turning Point in Japanese History, World History, and How War is Conveyed to the Public

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The big question: How did Russo-Japanese War imagery and the press influence Japanese perception of the war? Learners consider this big question as they compare and contrast various artistic media from the period. The lesson is...
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Prestwick House

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Pre-reading worksheets, discussion prompts, activity ideas, research assignments, and more await you in this resource for supplementing your class reading of The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. 
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Schools Linking Network & Lifeworlds Learning

How Do We All Live Together?

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Explore the concepts of community and point of view with these activities complementing the children's book Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne. Following a class reading of the story, ask students to either draw a map of the...
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Quizlet

Quizlet: Literary Elements/humorous Fiction Terms Flashcards

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Literary elements are included in this review exercise. Flashcards are provided for the following words: allusion, antagonist, dialogue, flashback, imagery, protagonist, symbol, dialect, hyperbole, idiom, irony, parody, pun, sarcasm,...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Literary Text: Close Reading of Poetry: Practice 3

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson will help you comprehend the poet's meaning by giving you practice in finding imagery, metaphors, symbolism, and allusions.
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Hamlet Symbolism, Imagery, and Allegory

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how Shakespeare using symbolism, imagery and allegory in his play Hamlet.
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explores the characters, plot and themes found in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Read about the symbols, imagery and allegories presented in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: The Love Song of J. Alfred Hitchcock

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive site contains a thorough analysis of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Included are a discussion of symbols, imagery and wordplay. Included are a list of excellent questions on the poem
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: The Raven

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem The Raven. This site contains insights into the the symobls, imagery and wordplay found in the poem as well as useful study questions.
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Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: Matthew Arnold

For Students 9th - 10th
This Victorian Web site features links to documents about the life, works, and times of the poet and critic Matthew Arnold (1821-1888). Content ranges from the genre, themes, and imagery found in his literary works, to a biography,...
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Daddy

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Sylvia Plath's fascinating poem, Daddy, is analysed in terms of imagery, form and themes in this comprehensive site. The study questions provide excellent material for discussion.
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: To Kill a Mockingbird

For Students 9th - 10th
Analysis of the plot of To Kill a Mockingbird includes the symbolism, imagery, and allegory used. Shmoop also provides a summary and information on the themes and characters.

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