Identify sound patterns (e.g., alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme scheme, assonance, internal rhyme, slant rhyme, repetition) and figurative language (e.g., metaphor, simile), and other conventions of verse (e.g., limerick, lyric, narrative, haiku) in poetry and explain how these contribute to the poem's meaning and to the poem's effect. 0801.8.14

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1. A one-page handout giving examples of each poetic device [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
2. A Fun Way to Teach Similes - a lesson idea from Bruce Lansky
3. Alliteration or Simile? - Choose whether each statement is an alliterative phrase, simile or neither.
4. Bud, Not Buddy - quizzes on similes and metaphors Matching | Flashcards | Concentration
5. Do you know your metaphors? - drag words to make a metaphor
6. Do you know your similes? - drag the nouns to complete a Simile (Refresh the page to get a new set.)
7. Figurative Language - [scroll down below the ad] terms, definitions, and an example
8. Figurative Language Quiz - alliteration, similes and metaphors, personification, connotation and imagery
9. Literary Devices Quizzes - similes, metaphors, personification, slang/dialect and allusions - Matching | Concentration | Flashcards
10. Metaphor Lists - a selection of metaphors by category, complete with sample usage and interpretation
11. Metaphor Battleship Quiz - Quia quiz using the Battleship game format
12. Metaphor Quiz - a five-question quiz at Quia
13. Metaphor Quiz - a ten-question quiz at Quia
14. Metaphor Quiz - to print
15. Poetry writing practice web [This expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
16. Simile lesson - with a printable quiz
17. Similes and Metaphors - Identify the comparison in each sentence as a simile or a metaphor [ignore the email address blank].

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