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Quia: Matching: Literary Devices
This matching game has students match examples of literary devices (yellow boxes) with the terms (blue boxes). There are multiples of each, but each set is matched to a specific box. Java is required.
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Travis Unified School District: Figurative Language Terms in Julius Caesar [Pdf]
A one-page chart listing figurative language terms used in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, along with definitions and examples.
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Mostly Fiction: Latin American Writers and Magic
The writer of this site tells about her experience with reading literature written in the "magical realism" style. It is a personal response to literature, rather than a scholarly analysis, but it is well-written and knowledgable. Many...
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Handbook of Rhetorical Devices: Analogy
Defines analogy. Also explains the reasoning behind the multiple levels of comparisons within an analogy. Includes examples and quotes from famous authors.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Anastrophe
This is a glossary entry for the term "Anastrophe" including the definition and an example.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Pathetic Fallacy
This is a glossary entry for the term "Pathetic Fallacy" including a definition and literary examples.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Polysyndeton
This is a glossary entry for the term "Polysyndeton" including a definition and literary examples.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Anagram
This is a glossary entry for the term "Anagram" including a definition and an example.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Circumlocution
This is a glossary entry for the term Circumlocution meaning "a roundabout or indirect manner of writing or speaking."
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Foil
This is a glossary entry for the term "Foil" including definition and examples.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Juxtaposition
This is a glossary entry for the term "Juxtaposition" including multiple definitions.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Malapropism
This is a glossary entry for the term "Malapropism" including definitions from two separate sources.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Periphrasis
This is a glossary entry for the term "Periphrasis" including a definition and an example.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Periodic Structure
This is a glossary entry for the term "Periodic Structure" including the definition and an example.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Portmanteau
This is a glossary entry for the term "Portmanteau" meaning to put two or more words together to form new words like fog and smoke make smog.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Synesthesia
This is a glossary entry for the term "Synesthesia" including a definition and links to more information and examples.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Verisimilitude
This is a glossary entry for the term "Verisimilitude" including the definition and examples.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Euphony
This is a glossary entry for the term "Euphony" including a definition and an example.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Anaphora
This is a glossary entry for the term "Anaphora" including the definition, examples, and a link to more information.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Stanza
This is a glossary entry for "Stanza" including the definition of the term.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Syntax
This is a glossary entry for the term "Syntax" including definitions and background for the term.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Consonance
This is a glossary entry for the term "Consonance" including the defintion and an example.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Aphorism
This is a glossary entry of the term "Aphorism" including definitions and examples.
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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Assonance
This is a glossary entry for the term "Assonance" including a definition and an example.