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How Tone Is Created
Kind of Activity:
Group Work
Objective:
Students will better understand the role of certain literary techniques in establishing tone in poetry.
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.11-12.5
Structure:
Have a student read "The Yellow Flower" aloud to the class. As a class, discuss the tone of the poem, deciding on 2-3 adjectives that adequately portray it.
Break students into small groups of 2-3. Each group will be assigned one of the following 10 literary techniques:
diction
alliteration
repetition
enjambment
imagery
hyperbole
structure
allusion
metaphor
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