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Teach students ways to emphasize and de-emphasize with literary devices! This lesson slideshow includes interspersed group activities and a text application with short answer questions. Students will learn:RepetitionAnaphoraEpistropheHyperboleUnderstatementEuphemism

Teach students how to interpret the structure of writing! This slideshow lesson includes interspersed group activities, individual and pair worksheet work, and two short texts with questions and discussion to consolidate the lesson. Students will learn:ForeshadowingFlashbacksIn Media ResPacingPlot TwistJuxtapositionParallelismMotif

Teach students how irony and paradoxical devices affect meaning in texts! This slideshow lesson includes interspersed group activities, individual and pair worksheet work, and a short text with short answer and class discussion questions to consolidate the lesson. Students will learn:Verbal ironyDramatic ironySituational ironyParadoxOxymoron

Teach students how to persuade and from whose perspective! This worksheet can be taught solo or in tandem with the slide show lesson of the same name. Students will practice:ToneStylePoint-of-viewEthosPathosLogosKairosAnecdoteRhetorical Question

Interpret Obama's landmark inaugural speech with an attention to persuasive devices, through short answer questions. Can be taught solo or in tandem with the Persuasive and Perspectival Literary Devices lesson series.

Interpret this accessible and hilarious short story with a focus on tone and style through short answer, paragraph, and class discussion questions. Can be taught solo or in tandem with the Persuasive and Perspectival Literary Devices lesson series.

Interpret MLK's landmark speech on the Washington Monument with short answer and class discussion questions. This can be taught solo or in tandem with the Foreshadowing, Flashbacks, and Structural Devices lesson series.

Teach students how irony and paradoxical devices affect meaning in texts! This worksheet can be taught solo or in tandem with the Irony and Paradoxical Devices Lesson Slideshow. Students will learn:Verbal ironyDramatic ironySituational ironyParadoxOxymoron

Interpret Poe's "The Raven" with an emphasis on emphatic and unemphatic devices, including those listed below. Can be taught independently or in tandem with the Hyperbole, Understatement, and Emphasis Literary Devices lesson series.

Interpet the symbolism and allegory in Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" with short answer questions and discussion questions. Can be taught solo or in tandem with the Symbolism, Allegory, and Referential Literary Devices lesson series.

Interpret symbolism and allusions with short answer questions and paragraph analysis for Sylvia Plath's "Cut." This activity can be taught solo or in tandem with the Symbolism, Allegory, and References Literary Devices Lesson series.

Interpret "The Sniper" with short answer and class discussion questions. This can be taught solo or in tandem with the Foreshadowing, Flashbacks, and Structural Devices lesson series.