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Literary Device Lab: Whole-Class Analysis

Created by ahausman
Updated September 18th, 2026
Literary Device Lab: Whole-Class Analysis

At a glance

Play mode
📺 Presenter
Format
🖼️ 2D
Length
⏱ About 10 minutes
Subject
ELA
Grades
9, 10
Curriculum
Common Core
Curriculum codes
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.5
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1

About this activity

A high-impact projector workshop where the whole class deconstructs figurative language, irony, rhetoric, and tone across diverse literary excerpts.

What students learn

  • Analyze how authors use figurative language and literary devices to establish tone and mood.
  • Distinguish between surface meaning and deeper thematic impact in complex texts.
  • Evaluate the rhetorical function of juxtaposition, irony, extended metaphor, anaphora, personification, and allusion.

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