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A Poetic Primer - Using Imagery and Symbolism

Enjoy reading and writing poetry more by understanding the use of imagery and symbolism.

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Literary Elements of Poetry and Literature - Terminology and Examples

Elements of Poetry includes; denotation, connotation, imagery, alliteration, assurance, allusion, symbolism, oxymoron, rhyme, limerick, meter, hyperbole, simile and metaphor.

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What Is a Metaphor

Metaphors compare two dissimilar ideas, concepts and objects in such a way that the reader or listener sees the connection between them and understands how they could relate to each other.

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Teaching Characterization with Bio Poems - Transitioning from Reading to Writing

Bio Poems are a wonderful tool in reading and writing comprehension. It is flexible and can be used in a variety of ways;

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Top Tips for Everyday Writing - Linguistic Devices

A great way to perk up your everyday writing and improve the impact of your words is to use linguistic devices. There is a whole range to explore and you can use as many or as few as you like in each piece depending on what you feel is appropriate. ...

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Literary Devices: Meanings and Examples

The English language comprises many literary devices that add richness and life to phrases and expressions. In our daily lives we encounter literary devices in poems, stories, newspapers, plays, songs, movies and even in our very own conversations....

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Lesson Plan: Figurative Language. Simile, Metaphor, Personification, and Symbolism

You will see the words SAY, SEE, DO throughout this lesson plan. This is a part of a new teaching technique that relies on short cycles. In each of these short cycles, the instructor SAYS something, the...

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A Few Rhetorical Devices in the "I Have a Dream" Speech

Metaphor- Ex. “Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood” (paragraph 4, sentence 1). Martin Luther King Jr. uses a metaphor in his speech by comparing the way America needs...

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Synonymous, Antithetic, and Emblemetic Parallelism

Part two of a four part series on poetic parallelism. In this HUB three different biblical parallelisms are discussed.

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Poetry - Useful definitions/terms

This hub looks at useful definitions and terms in poetry. Useful definitions or terms.

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