Know and use basic literary devices (e.g., imagery, metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole). 0501.8.14

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1. A Fun Way to Teach Similes - a lesson idea from Bruce Lansky
2. All About Alliteration - (3rd-5th) Responding to Literature Through a Poetry Link - a lesson plan from Read.Write.Think
3. Do you know your metaphors? - drag words to make a metaphor
4. Do you know your similes? - drag the nouns to complete a Simile (Refresh the page to get a new set.)
5. Examples of Alliteration - sound files from movies and political speeches
6. Figurative Language Baseball - Batter Up! pick the correct figurative term.
7. Figurative Language Quiz - alliteration, similes and metaphors, personification, connotation and imagery
8. Idioms - an interactive activity requiring students to type and then print their work
9. Idiom - choose a theme and a game option
10. Literary Devices Quizzes - similes, metaphors, personification, slang/dialect and allusions - Matching | Concentration | Flashcards
11. Metaphor Lists - a selection of metaphors by category, complete with sample usage and interpretation7
12. Metaphor Battleship Quiz - Quia quiz using the Battleship game format
13. Metaphor Quiz - a five-question quiz at Quia
14. Metaphor Quiz - a ten-question quiz at Quia
15. Metaphor Quiz to print
16. Personifications, Alliterations, Onomatopoeias, Similes, Metaphors, Hyperboles, Oxymorons, Puns - a matching or flash card review game at Quia.
17. Poetry Terms - Match the terms with the examples recognizing the sounds of language
18. Poetry Writing Practice - worksheet on forms of language
19. Rags to Riches - Analogies, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, & Simile - a two person quiz game at Quia.
20. Simile, Metaphor, Alliteration, Euphemism, Onomatopoeia - six word play quizzes, each has five examples to categorize Quiz 1 | Quiz 2 | Quiz 3 | Quiz 4 | Quiz 5 | Quiz 6 [These expired links are available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the pages don't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
21. Simile lesson with a printable quiz
22. Simile, Metaphor or Alliteration? - eight-question multiple-choice quiz
23. Twenty Six examples of Alliteration - one per letter of the alphabet [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
24. Wartime Poetry: Working With Similes - analyzes a photograph and brainstorms words to describe the characters' senses and feelings
25. Wizards and Pigs: Episode I Poetry Pickle - students identify rhyme, rhythm, and alliteration [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]

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