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Charlene Harper

English Language Arts and Theatre Arts Teacher
Cle Elum - Roslyn High School
High School (16 to 18 years old)
Teacher/Educator
Language Arts And English, Performing Arts, Arts :

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Reviewing Literary Devices Through Observation of American Art

<p>This collection will support students in identifying and creating effective literary devices, as a review, in preparation for an upcoming poetry unit. Students will begin with a See-Think-Wonder activity, followed by a quick write, a review of five literary devices (diction, imagery, metaphor, simile, and tone), and ending with a small group See-Think-Wonder activity and the creation of sentences based on the images using the literary devices listed above. </p> <p>Pieces included:</p> <ol><li>Thomas Moran, <em>The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone</em>, 1872</li><li>Thomas Moran, <em>The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, </em>1893-1901</li><li>Thomas Moran, <em>The Chasm of the Colorado,</em> 1873-1874</li><li>Thomas Moran, Mist in Kanab Canyon, Utah, 1892</li><li>Thomas Doughty, <em>River View with Hunters and Dogs</em>, ca. 1850</li><li>Asher B. Durand, <em>Woodland Glen,</em> ca. 1850-1855</li><li>Frederic Edwin Church, <em>Aurora Borealis</em>, 1865</li></ol><p>#SAAMteach</p>
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