Poetry Literary Devices Lessons for High School

Explore the rich world of poetry with this comprehensive collection of THREE short literary terms lessons. Uncover every significant concept connected to the art of writing and appreciating poetry, providing invaluable introductions or supplements to units focused on the analysis and creation of poetic works.

To fully grasp the beauty and depth of poetry, students must familiarize themselves with the most common terms and techniques used in this art form. L-EA's literary terms lessons empower students to learn and practice these techniques, cultivating a deep understanding of poetry while providing teachers with essential resources to assess student comprehension.

Engage students in a captivating exploration of poetic language, forms, and devices, nurturing their ability to analyze, appreciate, and create poetry with skill and insight. Whether used as standalone lessons or as valuable additions to poetry-focused units, this resource elevates students' understanding of literary art and their proficiency as poets and critics.

Teaching this resource is simple! Start it by presenting the included slideshow of literary terms and definitions while students use the accompanying worksheet to take notes. The, handout the accompanying homework assignment. Later in the week or following week, administer the quiz, which is provided as a printable or Google Form quiz (ideal for Google Classroom distribution!)

“Literary Terms Lessons: Poetry” includes:

• - THREE presentations of 33 literary terms and definitions connected to poetry

• - THREE presentation note-taking activity worksheets (w/ answer keys)

• - THREE writing assignments that ask students to use presented terms in a piece of original poetry

• - THREE quiz assessments that include definition matching (or drop-down selection) and one essay question, provided in 5 file types (Google Forms, Easel assessments, PDFs, ExamView test files, and ExamView test bank files)

TERMS INCLUDED IN THIS LESSON:

Alliteration, Assonance, Ballad, Blank verse, Consonance, Couplet, Didactic poetry, Elegy, Epic, Euphony, Fixed form, Foot, Free verse, Haiku, Iambic pentameter, Limerick, Lyric, Meter, Narrative poem, Octave, Ode, Onomatopoeia, Organic form, Personification, Prose poem, Quatrain, Rhyme, Rhythm, Simile, Sonnet, Stanza, Terza rima, Triplet, and Verse

Although this resource can be fitted for any secondary Language Arts classroom, it has been carefully designed to work best in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12. The included activities and quizzes are subtly but specifically tied to Common Core ELA Standard for Language (6). This resource is provided in a print-ready, bookmarked, and adjustable PDFs, Google Form, and PowerPoint Show files.

This resource contains: 15 Pages; 36 Slides; 3 Google Forms; 6 Test Files