Articles related to "Simile"
Similes Lesson Plan
Similes activities to teach students at various grade levels how to create similes using descriptive language.
similes lesson plan • simile lesson plan • similes activity • define similes • poem with similes
Similes activities to teach students at various grade levels how to create similes using descriptive language.
similes lesson plan • simile lesson plan • similes activity • define similes • poem with similes
Environmental Modeling Is Like a Simile
This article descibes the "Simile" environmental simulation software package.
simulation • environment • c • modular • object-oriented
This article descibes the "Simile" environmental simulation software package.
simulation • environment • c • modular • object-oriented
Teaching the Simile
Creating and understanding the simile helps students identify and explain similes in various literary works.
simile • literature • teaching
Creating and understanding the simile helps students identify and explain similes in various literary works.
simile • literature • teaching
Poets and Patriotism: Old Glory
This third article in the series about Poets and Patriotism focuses on the United States flag. It also defines literary terms such as metaphor and simile.
america • flag • partiotism • poet • metaphor
This third article in the series about Poets and Patriotism focuses on the United States flag. It also defines literary terms such as metaphor and simile.
america • flag • partiotism • poet • metaphor
Figuratively Speaking
Understanding and using figurative language expressions opens up a whole new world of understanding and self-expression for junior and senior high school learners.
language arts • english • teaching • teaching english • high school english
Understanding and using figurative language expressions opens up a whole new world of understanding and self-expression for junior and senior high school learners.
language arts • english • teaching • teaching english • high school english
Coffee and Cup
A dialogue between coffee and its cup. So, what's the point...
english • creative writing • simile • plato • cave
A dialogue between coffee and its cup. So, what's the point...
english • creative writing • simile • plato • cave
Creative Writing and Description
Tips on how to use description as a tool to add depth and texture to a piece of creative writing.
description in fiction • creative description • description and metaphors • description and similes • description and adverbs
Tips on how to use description as a tool to add depth and texture to a piece of creative writing.
description in fiction • creative description • description and metaphors • description and similes • description and adverbs
Dylan Thomas' Do Not Go Gentle
Form, diction, metaphor, and other literary devices enhance the poignancy of Thomas's most noted poem.
dylan thomas • villanelle • irony • oxymoron • simile
Form, diction, metaphor, and other literary devices enhance the poignancy of Thomas's most noted poem.
dylan thomas • villanelle • irony • oxymoron • simile
Figurative Language Ice Breaker
Start the year out with a fun literary icebreaker activity that teaches figurative language and literary devices.
figurative language • ice breaker • back-to-school • team building activity • high school english
Start the year out with a fun literary icebreaker activity that teaches figurative language and literary devices.
figurative language • ice breaker • back-to-school • team building activity • high school english
Hughes' Harlem - A Dream Deferred
The noted Harlem Renaissance poet, Langston Hughes, focused primarily on race relations in America during the 1920s and 1930s.
harlem renaissance poet • langston hughes • race relations in america • rhetorical questions • harlem a dream deferred
The noted Harlem Renaissance poet, Langston Hughes, focused primarily on race relations in America during the 1920s and 1930s.
harlem renaissance poet • langston hughes • race relations in america • rhetorical questions • harlem a dream deferred
Imagery in Frost's Dust of Snow
Robert Frost's Dust of Snow is only eight lines long and contains no adjectives, similes or metaphors, yet succeeds in creating a picture in the reader's mind: how?
robert frost • dust of snow • poem about snow • imagery in poetry • similes and metaphors in poetry
Robert Frost's Dust of Snow is only eight lines long and contains no adjectives, similes or metaphors, yet succeeds in creating a picture in the reader's mind: how?
robert frost • dust of snow • poem about snow • imagery in poetry • similes and metaphors in poetry
Poetry Techniques and Lyric Lesson
Many students do not realize that their favorite song lyrics are actually poetry. From these lyrics, students can identify similes, metaphors, etc.
poetry techniques lyric lesson for middle school s • poetic devices favorite songs lesson • similes metaphors • alliteration assonance consonance • rhyme repetition
Many students do not realize that their favorite song lyrics are actually poetry. From these lyrics, students can identify similes, metaphors, etc.
poetry techniques lyric lesson for middle school s • poetic devices favorite songs lesson • similes metaphors • alliteration assonance consonance • rhyme repetition
Roethke’s 'My Papa’s Waltz'
Theodore Roethe's "My Papa's Waltz" is a fairly literal poem, within the context of its controlling metaphor of the "waltz."
theordore roethke • my papas waltz • metaphor • rime scheme • rhythm
Theodore Roethe's "My Papa's Waltz" is a fairly literal poem, within the context of its controlling metaphor of the "waltz."
theordore roethke • my papas waltz • metaphor • rime scheme • rhythm
Flower Theme Unit – Figurative Language Activity
Use the book Dandelions: Stars in the Grass in spring-themed elementary language arts lesson plan teaching how to identify and use figurative language - imagery, simile.
flower theme unit • figurative language activity • elementary language arts lesson plan • use figurative language • identify similes
Use the book Dandelions: Stars in the Grass in spring-themed elementary language arts lesson plan teaching how to identify and use figurative language - imagery, simile.
flower theme unit • figurative language activity • elementary language arts lesson plan • use figurative language • identify similes
Poetry for Kids!
The best way to get kids to read and love poetry is to show them how fun it is to write their own poems.
poetry • poem • write • children • books
The best way to get kids to read and love poetry is to show them how fun it is to write their own poems.
poetry • poem • write • children • books
Figurative Language Activities
Who says that memorizing literary definitions has to be boring? Children can use kinesthetic skills and sense of fun to understand and remember literary terms!
figurative language • teach literary terms • literary device • onomatopoeia • simile
Who says that memorizing literary definitions has to be boring? Children can use kinesthetic skills and sense of fun to understand and remember literary terms!
figurative language • teach literary terms • literary device • onomatopoeia • simile
How To Study A Poem
Whether you are reading a poem for pleasure, or simply trying to pass an exam, these helpful hints should allow you to get to grips with what the poet is trying to say.
how to understand poetry • list of poetry terminology • how to read a poem • how to study a poem • help with poetry
Whether you are reading a poem for pleasure, or simply trying to pass an exam, these helpful hints should allow you to get to grips with what the poet is trying to say.
how to understand poetry • list of poetry terminology • how to read a poem • how to study a poem • help with poetry
Poets and Patriotism: Other Perspectives / Other Images
This fifth article in the series on Poets and Patriotism focuses on how two poets create unique connections and/or representations between images symbolizing universal ideas and feelings.
symbolism • imagery • candles • straw • soul
This fifth article in the series on Poets and Patriotism focuses on how two poets create unique connections and/or representations between images symbolizing universal ideas and feelings.
symbolism • imagery • candles • straw • soul
Literary Elements Exam Review
Here is a continued list of literary elements that can be applied to The Tragedy of Julius Caesar to help students prepare for final exams and keep them engaged.
literary element review • review using shakespeare's julius caesar • keep students engaged • maintain student interest • exam review
Here is a continued list of literary elements that can be applied to The Tragedy of Julius Caesar to help students prepare for final exams and keep them engaged.
literary element review • review using shakespeare's julius caesar • keep students engaged • maintain student interest • exam review
Polanco's Identity
Julio Noboa Polanco's speaker makes an awkward attempt to assert his desire for freedom. While the sentiment is, no doubt, heartfelt, the poem betrays a lack of skill.
julio noboa polanco • identity • let them be as flowers • poetastry • dichotomy between himself and others
Julio Noboa Polanco's speaker makes an awkward attempt to assert his desire for freedom. While the sentiment is, no doubt, heartfelt, the poem betrays a lack of skill.
julio noboa polanco • identity • let them be as flowers • poetastry • dichotomy between himself and others
Theme Poem Project
Students choose a theme, write seven poems and select one published poem on the theme. The poetry booklet needs to be decorated and bound with an attractive cover.
poem project with a theme • poetry techniques • shape and concrete poems • rhyming poems • syllable count poems
Students choose a theme, write seven poems and select one published poem on the theme. The poetry booklet needs to be decorated and bound with an attractive cover.
poem project with a theme • poetry techniques • shape and concrete poems • rhyming poems • syllable count poems
Another Voice
Melbourne poet, Myron Lysenko, chronicles his recent experiences working with hearing-impaired poets, and discovers a new language at work in the heart of the process.
myron • lysenko • auslan • poetry • workshops
Melbourne poet, Myron Lysenko, chronicles his recent experiences working with hearing-impaired poets, and discovers a new language at work in the heart of the process.
myron • lysenko • auslan • poetry • workshops
Robinson's 'Richard Cory'
"Richard Cory" is a very simple poem: three stanzas describe the subject, Richard Cory, and the fourth stanza shocks the reader with Cory's act of suicide.
e a robinson • richard cory • suicide • poem • socio-economic differences
"Richard Cory" is a very simple poem: three stanzas describe the subject, Richard Cory, and the fourth stanza shocks the reader with Cory's act of suicide.
e a robinson • richard cory • suicide • poem • socio-economic differences
How to Write a Tanka
Teach children how to write a tanka with these easy instructions.
tanka • poetry • kids • lesson • instruction
Teach children how to write a tanka with these easy instructions.
tanka • poetry • kids • lesson • instruction
Dorothy Wordsworth: Sister and Poet
A brief introduction to the poetics in the journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, sister to the Romantic poet William.,A brief introduction to the poetics in the journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, sister to the Romantic poet William.
dorothy wordsworth • william wordsworth • coleridge • southey • romanticism
A brief introduction to the poetics in the journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, sister to the Romantic poet William.,A brief introduction to the poetics in the journals of Dorothy Wordsworth, sister to the Romantic poet William.
dorothy wordsworth • william wordsworth • coleridge • southey • romanticism
Before You Begin Scriptwriting
By the time you're ready to begin writing the first draft, you have thought of many ideas, bits, character traits, settings, snippets of dialogue, and plot lines.
scriptwriting • scriptwriter • screenwriter • playwright • theatre
By the time you're ready to begin writing the first draft, you have thought of many ideas, bits, character traits, settings, snippets of dialogue, and plot lines.
scriptwriting • scriptwriter • screenwriter • playwright • theatre
Reality of the Literature Portion of GED
What to inform your students about on the literary portion of the GED
What to inform your students about on the literary portion of the GED
The command line 1: what is a command line?
The role of commands from the keyboard
command line • gui • linux • windows • mouse
The role of commands from the keyboard
command line • gui • linux • windows • mouse
The Downfall of the Lore of the Rings
What have Tolkien scholarship and criticism achieved toward sharing an appreciation of The Lord of the Rings? Are literary analysts exploring Tolkien or their own ideals, masked by a veneer of literary exploration?
tolkien • the lord of the rings • middle-earth • tom shippey • anglo-saxon
What have Tolkien scholarship and criticism achieved toward sharing an appreciation of The Lord of the Rings? Are literary analysts exploring Tolkien or their own ideals, masked by a veneer of literary exploration?
tolkien • the lord of the rings • middle-earth • tom shippey • anglo-saxon
What is Content Editing?
Most writers understand how to edit for grammar, punctuation, and misspelled words, but editing for content can be a bit trickier. Content editing goes beyond the usage
content editing • editing • edit • proofreading • editor
Most writers understand how to edit for grammar, punctuation, and misspelled words, but editing for content can be a bit trickier. Content editing goes beyond the usage
content editing • editing • edit • proofreading • editor
American Folklore
Folklore spans every continent and people. But few think of America as having a good body of folktales.
folktales • american authors • american values • american stories • american religion
Folklore spans every continent and people. But few think of America as having a good body of folktales.
folktales • american authors • american values • american stories • american religion
j-toth's P.riceless/U.ntouchable review board
"free rent, like gas and phone, a mamma's boy even though my ass is grown, got the same bedroom since third grade, still be living here when i'm eight hundred and eighty-eight..."--Still Live With My Moms. okay, any emcee who begins his album setting himself up in a degrading position like this (joke or not,) wins the title for most secure emcee in the industry.
"free rent, like gas and phone, a mamma's boy even though my ass is grown, got the same bedroom since third grade, still be living here when i'm eight hundred and eighty-eight..."--Still Live With My Moms. okay, any emcee who begins his album setting himself up in a degrading position like this (joke or not,) wins the title for most secure emcee in the industry.
Let Words Magnetize Your Kid's Creativity
Get your kids hooked on words and writing with the KIDS' MAGNETIC POETRY BOOK AND CREATIVITY KIT.
poetry • kids • summer activities • travel games • magnetic poetry
Get your kids hooked on words and writing with the KIDS' MAGNETIC POETRY BOOK AND CREATIVITY KIT.
poetry • kids • summer activities • travel games • magnetic poetry
Paul Simon and Wyclef Jean
A look at the song "Fast Car" from Paul Simon and Wyclef Jean, and what it says about music in the 21st century.
wyclef • paul simon • carnival volume ii • graceland • fast car
A look at the song "Fast Car" from Paul Simon and Wyclef Jean, and what it says about music in the 21st century.
wyclef • paul simon • carnival volume ii • graceland • fast car
Rhône Part 1: The Rhône Region and its History
Part one of our look at the Rhone region!
rhone • france • red wine • grapes
Part one of our look at the Rhone region!
rhone • france • red wine • grapes
Romantic Invaders Part 1
This article examines the way English Romanticism has played a part in the colonisation of the Australian landscape.
indigenous • invaders • romantic • wordsworth • colonisation
This article examines the way English Romanticism has played a part in the colonisation of the Australian landscape.
indigenous • invaders • romantic • wordsworth • colonisation
Shakespeare's Sonnet No. 130
Is Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 a moving and radical attempt to write a realistic love poem, or an attack on his work of his poetic contemporaries?
shakespeare sonnet 130 • blazon. • my mistress eyes are nothing like the sun • any she belied by false compare • edmund spenser
Is Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 a moving and radical attempt to write a realistic love poem, or an attack on his work of his poetic contemporaries?
shakespeare sonnet 130 • blazon. • my mistress eyes are nothing like the sun • any she belied by false compare • edmund spenser
Techniques for Verse Action!
Why and, more importantly, how are novels-in-verse so devastatingly effective in portraying action? Let’s look at techniques used in History: The Home Movie.
poetry • novel-in-verse • poem • book-length poem • poetic narrative
Why and, more importantly, how are novels-in-verse so devastatingly effective in portraying action? Let’s look at techniques used in History: The Home Movie.
poetry • novel-in-verse • poem • book-length poem • poetic narrative
The Notebook: A Tribute
the notebook • sparks • nicholas sparks • romantic novels • romantic literature
the notebook • sparks • nicholas sparks • romantic novels • romantic literature
Whose Leaves Do Not Wither
In Jewish literature and Scripture, a leaf is a metaphor for life's delicacy and constancy. . .
olive • tree • leaves • metaphor • life
In Jewish literature and Scripture, a leaf is a metaphor for life's delicacy and constancy. . .
olive • tree • leaves • metaphor • life
Analyze Books to Write Well
Analyzing a book to find techniques that work requires more than just enjoying the story. Here are tips to find real-life applications of all the advice for write
analyzing books • writing techniques • tips on writing • genre writing • how to write books
Analyzing a book to find techniques that work requires more than just enjoying the story. Here are tips to find real-life applications of all the advice for write
analyzing books • writing techniques • tips on writing • genre writing • how to write books
To Aspiring Poets
There should be a Hippocratic Oath for poets. If poets were held to anything near the standard of physicians, there would be far less doggerel in the world.
hippocratic oath • father of medicine • physicians • orpheus • father of poetry and music
There should be a Hippocratic Oath for poets. If poets were held to anything near the standard of physicians, there would be far less doggerel in the world.
hippocratic oath • father of medicine • physicians • orpheus • father of poetry and music
Classic Vs. Modern Poetry (Part Two)
<big>WORKS CITED</big><br> <br> <i>The Complete Poems of Anne Sexton, With a foreword by Maxine Kumin</i>. Copyright © 1981 Maxine Kumin. Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA. <br> <br> "Countee Cullen." <i>The Academy of American Poets Online. </i> <http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=56 > [Accessed Sun. Dec. 10 12:50:53 US/Eastern 2000]. <br> <br> “Eliot, T.S. 1922. The Wasteland.” <i>Project Bartleby Online.</i> <http://www.bartleby.com/201/ > [Accessed Mon. Dec. 11 1:15:43 US/Eastern 2000].<br> <br><i> Great Short Works of Edgar Allen Poe, Edited with an introduction by G.R. Thompson</i>. Copyright © 1970 by G.R. Thompson. Published by Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, NY.<br> <br> “Gwendolyn Brooks.” <i>The Academy of American Poets Online. </i> <http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=166 > [Accessed Mon. Dec. 11 1:26:37 US/Eastern 2000].<br> <br><i> Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman, With an introduction by Justin Kaplan.</i> Introduction copyright © Justin Kaplan. Published by Bantam Books, New York, NY.<br> <br> “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” Eliot, T.S. 1917. Prufrock and Other Observations.” <i>Project Bartleby Online.</i> <http://www.bartleby.com/198/1.html > [Accessed Mon. Dec. 11 1:22:20 US/Eastern 2000].<br> <br><i> New Enlarged Anthology of Robert Frost’s Poems, With an introduction and commentary by Louis Untermeyer</i>. Copyright © 1971 by Louis Untermeyer and Mary Silva Cosgrave. Published by Washington Square Press, New York, NY. <br> <br><i> Selected Poems & Letters of Emily Dickinson, Edited by Robert N. Linscott</i>. Copyright © 1959 by Robert N. Linscott. Published by Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., New York, NY.<br> <br> “Selection of Poems by Modern American Women Poets.” Dr. Harvey Kassebaum’s American Literature Class Handout, Fall 1999. (For Sharon Olds’ “The One Girl at the Boys’ Party.")<br> <br><i> Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edited and with a foreword by William H. Gilman</i>. Copyright © 1965 by New American Library (a division of Penguin Books USA Inc., New York, NY). <br> <br> “Sylvia Plath.” <i>The Academy of American Poets Online.</i> <http://www.poets.org/poems/poems.cfm?prmID=1064 > [Accessed Sun. Dec. 10 12:53:14 US/Eastern 2000].<br>
poetry • essay • sexton • dickinson • cullen
<big>WORKS CITED</big><br> <br> <i>The Complete Poems of Anne Sexton, With a foreword by Maxine Kumin</i>. Copyright © 1981 Maxine Kumin. Published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston, MA. <br> <br> "Countee Cullen." <i>The Academy of American Poets Online. </i> <http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=56 > [Accessed Sun. Dec. 10 12:50:53 US/Eastern 2000]. <br> <br> “Eliot, T.S. 1922. The Wasteland.” <i>Project Bartleby Online.</i> <http://www.bartleby.com/201/ > [Accessed Mon. Dec. 11 1:15:43 US/Eastern 2000].<br> <br><i> Great Short Works of Edgar Allen Poe, Edited with an introduction by G.R. Thompson</i>. Copyright © 1970 by G.R. Thompson. Published by Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, NY.<br> <br> “Gwendolyn Brooks.” <i>The Academy of American Poets Online. </i> <http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=166 > [Accessed Mon. Dec. 11 1:26:37 US/Eastern 2000].<br> <br><i> Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman, With an introduction by Justin Kaplan.</i> Introduction copyright © Justin Kaplan. Published by Bantam Books, New York, NY.<br> <br> “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” Eliot, T.S. 1917. Prufrock and Other Observations.” <i>Project Bartleby Online.</i> <http://www.bartleby.com/198/1.html > [Accessed Mon. Dec. 11 1:22:20 US/Eastern 2000].<br> <br><i> New Enlarged Anthology of Robert Frost’s Poems, With an introduction and commentary by Louis Untermeyer</i>. Copyright © 1971 by Louis Untermeyer and Mary Silva Cosgrave. Published by Washington Square Press, New York, NY. <br> <br><i> Selected Poems & Letters of Emily Dickinson, Edited by Robert N. Linscott</i>. Copyright © 1959 by Robert N. Linscott. Published by Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., New York, NY.<br> <br> “Selection of Poems by Modern American Women Poets.” Dr. Harvey Kassebaum’s American Literature Class Handout, Fall 1999. (For Sharon Olds’ “The One Girl at the Boys’ Party.")<br> <br><i> Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edited and with a foreword by William H. Gilman</i>. Copyright © 1965 by New American Library (a division of Penguin Books USA Inc., New York, NY). <br> <br> “Sylvia Plath.” <i>The Academy of American Poets Online.</i> <http://www.poets.org/poems/poems.cfm?prmID=1064 > [Accessed Sun. Dec. 10 12:53:14 US/Eastern 2000].<br>
poetry • essay • sexton • dickinson • cullen
Imagine That
Imagine you're a jelly bean! Learn how beans, in the hands of my friends, helped me learn about non-separateness.
buddhist • non-separateness • mindulness • metta • compassion
Imagine you're a jelly bean! Learn how beans, in the hands of my friends, helped me learn about non-separateness.
buddhist • non-separateness • mindulness • metta • compassion
Original Sin?
An analysis of the problems that game developers face.
games • publishers • development
An analysis of the problems that game developers face.
games • publishers • development
Poetry and Meditation
A Hindu yogi has penetrated our hearts, minds, and souls with his intelligent, perceptive, and deeply spiritual literary works. This essay focuses on <i>Metaphysical Meditations</i>, a book of poem/affirmations that aid in meditation on the Ultimate Reality.
paramahansa yogananda • metaphysical meditations • jesus christ • god • christmas
A Hindu yogi has penetrated our hearts, minds, and souls with his intelligent, perceptive, and deeply spiritual literary works. This essay focuses on <i>Metaphysical Meditations</i>, a book of poem/affirmations that aid in meditation on the Ultimate Reality.
paramahansa yogananda • metaphysical meditations • jesus christ • god • christmas
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