Reading Lab #14: Key Literary Terms and Rhetorical Devices
Class Syllabus - Grades 6-8
April 25, 2023
Objective: Students will learn how to use literary terms and identify rhetorical devices to improve their understanding of a text and enrich their own writing.
Essential Questions:
What are some key literary terms?
What are rhetorical devices and why are they important?
Enduring Understandings:
Some key literary terms are: setting, theme, characterization, climax, allusion, dialogue, exposition, fable, parable, allegory, and more!
A rhetorical device is a use of language that is intended to have an effect on its audience.
Standards
Grade 6: L.6.3. Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. A. Vary sentence patterns for meaning (syntax), reader/listener interest, and style/voice. B. Maintain consistency in style and tone.
Grade 7: L.7.3. Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. A. Vary sentence patterns for meaning (syntax), reader/listener interest, and style/voice. B. Maintain consistency in style and tone. Grade 8: L.8.3. Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. A. Vary sentence patterns for meaning (syntax), reader/listener interest, and style/voice. B. Maintain consistency in style and tone.
Materials:
Please print the worksheet
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