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Figurative Language Bell Ringers
Figurative Language Bell Ringers
Figurative Language Bell Ringers
Figurative Language Bell Ringers
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"This resource was exactly what I needed! The design is clean, the directions are clear, and it was so easy to plug into my lessons."
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These figurative language bell ringers provide practice identifying, defining, and using similes, metaphors, hyperbole, allusion, and personification! This product includes 20 engaging bell ringer activities that can be used with any unit. The examples of figurative language included are from prose, poetry, and plays. Each bell ringer also comes with an answer key slide. Just download, project, and teach!

For each term your students will get practice:
Identifying a brief example and defining the term
Identifying an example in context
Explaining an example
Writing their own examples with an image prompt

These bell ringers can be presented in order by term or by skill-- both versions are included!
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Figurative Language Bell Ringers

English Rules
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Digital downloads
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Grades
8th - 12th
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Pages
42
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Included
Teaching Duration
1 month

What others say

"This resource was exactly what I needed! The design is clean, the directions are clear, and it was so easy to plug into my lessons."
star
Emily A.

Description

These figurative language bell ringers provide practice identifying, defining, and using similes, metaphors, hyperbole, allusion, and personification! This product includes 20 engaging bell ringer activities that can be used with any unit. The examples of figurative language included are from prose, poetry, and plays. Each bell ringer also comes with an answer key slide. Just download, project, and teach!

For each term your students will get practice:
Identifying a brief example and defining the term
Identifying an example in context
Explaining an example
Writing their own examples with an image prompt

These bell ringers can be presented in order by term or by skill-- both versions are included!
Report this resource to TPT
Reported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT's content guidelines.

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Standards

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Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).
By the end of grade 9, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 9-10 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of the grades 9-10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful.
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