The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe Figurative Language Worksheet and KEY
Lonnie Jones Taylor
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Grade Levels
7th - 11th, Homeschool
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Resource Type
Formats Included
- Word Document File
Pages
4 pages
Lonnie Jones Taylor
629 Followers
What educators are saying
Great to use for highlighting specific parts of the text to explore more deeply while analyzing figurative language!
My kiddos used this and it was great helping them keep track of what I needed them to know for this subject
Description
This 2 page worksheet on E. A. Poe's short story has has 3 parts. Part 1 identifies 11 examples of figurative language Poe uses in his short story: parallel structure, personification, comparison, repetition, simile, irony, literary allusion, onomatopoeia, alliteration, metaphor, & cliché, and the students have to match the term to the definition. In Part 2 the students match the same 11 terms to easy examples of the figurative language demonstrated. Part 3 contains 30 direct quotations from the story, and the students have to identify the examples of figurative language in the quotations. Students will readily see Poe's favorite examples! A detailed, 2 page answer KEY is provided, making this lesson plan 4 pages in all.
Total Pages
4 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
45 minutes
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