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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Nemesis

For Students 9th - 10th
This glossary entry explains the term "Nemesis" including the definitions, background, and an example.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Syllepsis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Syllepsis" including definitions and links to more information and examples.
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Emory University

Emory University Writing Center: Ambiguity

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Site defines the term ambiguity. Offers explanations of different types of ambiguity, quotes and examples.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Allusion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Allusion" including a defintion, an example, and links to more information.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Metaphor

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Metaphor" including a definition and links to simile, personification, hyperbole, anology, and other figures of speech.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Personification

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Personification" including a defintion and two literary examples.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Satire

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Satire" including definitions and examples. Also offers links to more information and examples.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Simile

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Simile" including a definition and examples in a cartoon and in literary works. Links are provided to more information and examples.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Allegory

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Allegory" including multiple definitions for the term, links to other figures of speech, links to more information, and examples.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Archetype

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a glossary entry for the term "Archetype" including definitions, examples, the background of the term coined by Carl Jung, and links to more information.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Foreshadowing

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

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Analogy

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

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Anthropomorphism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Anthropomorphism" including definitions, examples, and a link to more information.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Apostrophe

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Apostrophe" including a definition, examples, and a discussion of the differences between "apostrophe" and an "authorial instrusion."
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Characterization

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Characterization" including a definition and the characteristics to be developed: Character's appearance, actions, thoughts, voice, and reaction from others.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Conflict

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary defintion of the term "Conflict" as it pertains to the plot in fiction. It defines conflict and lists two types: internal and external and is seen in these forms: man vs man, man vs. nature, man vs self.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Epithet

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Epithet" including definitions and examples from a number of poets.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Faulty Parallelism

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a glossary entry for the term "Faulty Parallelism" including a definition and the three types of faulty parallelism.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Flashback

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry defining the term "Flashback."
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Mood

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Mood" including a definition and a discussion of mood from "Talkie List Dec 06."
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Puns

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a glossary entry for the term "Puns" including a definition and an extensive list of examples.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Tragedy

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a glossary entry for the term "Tragedy" including Aristotelian definition of tragedy and the definition of a tragic hero.
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Doppelganger

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a glossary entry for the term "Doppelganger" which literally means "double-goer." It includes defintions and examples.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Understatement/overstatement (English I Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module that teaches students to recognize hyperbole and understatement as literary devices in five modules: Introduction, Recognizing Hyperbole and Understanding Its Purpose, Identifying Hyperbole in Poetry, Recognizing...

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